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Wolters Kluwer

Small Business Guide: Case Study: Calculating Regular Rates

For Students 9th - 10th
This page describes how it is necessary to determine regular wages before overtime wages can be calculated. Several examples are given for the calculations of both.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf Calculations With Sine and Cosine

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to study some values of sin x and cos x for different angles, and to look for and then explain patterns that are seen. Aligns with HSF-TF.C.8.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Algebra Word Problems Using Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculator helps you practice word problems that involve algebra and three unknown quantities.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Algebra Word Problems Using Coins

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculator helps you practice word problems that involve algebra and two unknown quantities.
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Nature Research

Nature Education: Studying and Projecting Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A model organizes what we think we know about something in order to predict how it might behave in the present, future, or past as well as how it might respond to external influence. Models are especially useful when direct, controlled...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Land Surveying Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This project resulted from of the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher, Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life application in...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the inflation rate from 2013 through this informative case study. Trace the consumer trends through the graphs and charts on the site.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Multiple Choice Practice: Working With Data

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of working with data by taking this twenty question multiple-choice practice test. Use a graphing calculator to help with any graphing problems and check your answers at any given time throughout the test.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Wildlife Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This integrated lesson is the result of collaboration between Chip Blanton, a wildlife management teacher, and Greg Pendergrass, a math teacher (Ft. Payne High School). Learning to manage wildlife requires an understanding of planting...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Understanding the Bush Tax Cut Plan (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plans that requires young scholars to calculate income tax rates, interpret data tables and tax tables, critically analyze articles detailing a tax cut plan proposed by the Bush administration, and form opinions about the impact...
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Blaise Pascal

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent discussion of the life and work of this great scientist and mathematician. Describes his range of interests and notes his many contributions. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Linear Momentum and Collisions: Impulse

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter explains that impulse is the same as a change in momentum, and what role it has in daily life. It then describes how to calculate the...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Triangle Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This applet allows users to study the nature of triangles and their area. It draws random triangles on a Cartesian coordinate system. The user can determine the area of the triangle using his or her preferred method. After the calculated...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Projectile Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Applying mathematic equations, study how two dimensional acceleration and projectile motion are calculated.
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Human Impact: Oil Consumption

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Lesson plan allows students to practice their math skills by calculating how many barrels of oil they and their families consume.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp the Price of Bread

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The purpose of this task is for middle schoolers to calculate the percent increase and relative cost in a real-world context. This task is part of a set collaboratively developed with Money as You Learn, an initiative of the President's...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Puttin' It All Together

For Teachers 6th - 9th
On the topic of energy related to motion, this summary lesson is intended to tie together the concepts of work, power, collisions, momentum and drag. A hands-on activity demonstrates this idea and reinforces learners' math skills in...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A River Ran Through It

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn how water is used to generate electricity. They investigate water's potential-to-kinetic energy transformation in hands-on activities about falling water and waterwheels. During the activities, they take measurements,...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: A Guide to Projectile Motion With Real Life Examples

For Students 9th - 10th
Projectile motion is explained here. Includes a discussion of Newton's Second Law of Motion, the formulas used to make different calculations, real-life examples of projectile motion at work, and sample problems with solutions.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Chicken and Steak, Variation 2

For Teachers 8th Standards
This task has students write an equation to calculate the amount of chicken and steak that can be purchased while staying within a given budget. Students then graph the function and analyze it, discussing the dependent relationship...

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