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Using a Calculator
Students use a calculator to solve math problems. In this calculator usage lesson, students get into pairs and familiarize themselves with the keys. Students are then given problems to solve using the calculator. Students do Smart Board...
Curated OER
Calculator Clues
In this math worksheet, students solve 10 problems using a calculator. Students turn the calculator upside down and match the words they see with 10 clues.
Illustrative Mathematics
Calculating and Rounding Numbers
Mathematicians need to know that not all numbers are rational. We approximate irrational number with rational numbers. That is why a calculator may be misleading. This task give learners an opportunity to see how rounding a number and...
Pingry School
Scientific Notation and Calculations – Energies, Frequencies, and Wavelengths of Photons
The calculator has an interesting way of displaying numbers in scientific notation, but don't let that confuse your pupils! A lesson designed to give learners practice with scientific notation and calculators provides several practice...
Learning Games Lab
Logarithm Calculator
Support your young scientists' knowledge of logarithms with a quick video lesson. The instruction first presents the relationship between a base-10 logarithm and an exponential equation. It then demonstrates how to use a calculator to...
EngageNY
Calculating Probabilities for Chance Experiments with Equally Likely Outcomes
Calculate theoretical probabilities and compare them to experimental probabilities. Pupils build on their knowledge of experimental probabilities to determine theoretical probabilities. Participants work several problems with the...
EngageNY
Calculating Probabilities of Compound Events
Use tree diagrams with multiple branches to calculate the probabilities of compound events. Pupils use tree diagrams to find the sample space for probability problems and use them to determine the probability of compound events in the...
Chicago Botanic Garden
Calculating Your Ecological Footprint
You can lower your ecological footprint by recycling! Lesson four in this series of five has individuals, through the use of a computer, calculate their ecological footprints. Through discussions and analysis they determine how many...
Curated OER
Calculator Activity: Ones, Tens, Hundreds
In this calculator activity worksheet, students learn to use a calculator to add numbers. Students add the numbers in column A to column B and then look for the answer that matches in column C. One answer is missing and students must...
Curated OER
Introducing Calculators:
Students work in small groups to record how many pets each has, then use calculators to find the total number of pets owned by students in the entire group. They practice basic addition skills on a worksheet and with a calculator.
Curated OER
Calculating Simple Interest
In this math activity, students investigate the concept of paying interest on a loan. Students read 10 problems where they look at a picture of something they are going to buy at a certain price and interest rate. Students calculate the...
Curated OER
Calculating Probabilities: Introduction
Introduce your class to a sure-fire method for calculating probabilities. The method is described alongside several examples, then put into practice with a series of probability questions for the class to solve. This would be a great...
Curated OER
Exploring Patterns in Linked Division Calculations
Kids can work through this series of linked division problems to determine patterns and practice calculator use. They start by making calculations as a class, then work on a given set of division and multiplication problems intended to...
Curated OER
Volume Calculation Exercise
Middle schoolers work with scientific notation and rounding as they determine volume. In this volume lesson, pupils attempt to calculate the volume of the planet Jupiter. They use rounding to two significant digits and scientific...
Curated OER
Calculator Trick 1
Here is a fun calculator trick, perfect for getting your learners ready for a day of exciting math. They multiply any single-digit number by 12,3456,789 to reveal an amazing result. Teaching notes are included on two of the slides.
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Calculator Trick 3
Calculator tricks are a fun way to warm up the class while building interest in math. Kids enter a four-digit number into their calculator twice, then divide by 137. The answer will amaze the class and make you a math magician!
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Calculator Trick 8
Kids will use their calculator to add and subtract three digit numbers. If they complete the indicated steps they will all get the same answer regardless of the numbers they choose to put in. Amazing math tricks are fun but would be...
Flipped Math
Graphing Functions to Solve Equations
Intersections become solutions. Scholars watch a video on using a graphing calculator to find the solution to an equation in one variable. While watching the presentation, pupils practice working some of the examples and compare their...
Khan Academy
Challenge: Calculator
Calculators aren't all that useful if they don't return the correct results. In this JavaScript programming exercise, beginning JavaScript coders are guided to fix the results returned by the functions so they return correct values....
Curated OER
Calculating Perimeter 2
In this calculating perimeter worksheet, students examine 8 rectangles and use the information provided to find the perimeter of each of them.
Curated OER
Determining the Point of Intersection Using the TI-83 Plus Calculator
Middle and high schoolers graph two lines and identify the point of intersection of each set of line. They use the TI calculator to help them graph and solve. There are six questions with detailed instruction on how to graph correctly.
Curated OER
Dance Challenge: Calculate and Compare Speed by Measuring a Series of Dance Movements
Really neat! Kids choreograph a dance phrase and then measure the distance and speed of the phrase using a timer and a meter stick. They collect the data on a table which they use to determine an average. A series of observation and...
Texas Instruments
Drawing a Line Tangent to a Circle
Explore lines tangent to a circle. In this math lesson, students manipulate circles and lines on a TI calculator. They draw a circle and analyze perpendicular lines intersecting the circle in only one place. This activity works best if...
Las Cumbres Observatory
Calculating the Age of Solar System Objects
The number of craters on the surface of solar system objects has a direct correlation to its age. Learners use the concept to determine the age of several objects in the solar system. Using satellite images, they count craters within a...
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