SAT Math questions fall into different categories; one of these domains is Problem Solving and Data Analysis. These questions might ask you to create an appropriate equation from a word problem, convert units, or understand the meaning...

The University of Illinois provides this site that is helpful because of the various kinds of data that can be collected. This lesson plan helps students differentiate between qualitative, quantitative, and many other types of data.

The interactive tutorial explores ramps and ratios. Learners view and analyze images of ramps and steps to see if they conform to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The activity has students measure vertical and...

From the Ductile Iron Society web site. Data for the elasticity and strength of ductile iron are discussed. The effect of temperature upon yield strength, elongation (i.e., strain), and ultimate tensile strength are represented in...

Students find ratios and calculate measures of central tendency for sets of data. They understand the concept of the Golden Ratio. They use box-and-whisker plots to analyze data.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read and interpret information presented in a pie chart and then determine percentages and ratios numerically and graphically.

In this activity students will measure various body parts looking for the golden ratio. The teacher will collect the various measurements from the calculators and send an augmented list to the students calculators. Students will then...

Here's a challenge for the avid TV watcher. Use your data interpretation skills to explore America's TV watching habits in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. See if you can figure out which night of the week has the...

In this investigation, students are asked to explain a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) announcement about unemployment, and look for a contradiction in the message. Then they are introduced to the definitions of employment, unemployment, and...

Students work as engineers and learn to conduct controlled experiments by changing one experimental variable at a time to study its effect on the experiment outcome. Specifically, they conduct experiments to determine the angular...

A lesson plan that includes a PowerPoint learning module for students. They will examine spreadsheet data on air quality in Great Smoky National Parks, and solve problems using ratio and proportion. The exercises will help them to...

This lesson will introduce the meaning of weighted average, and demonstrate how to solve for the weighted average of a data set. Students can look at a presentation and then take an online quiz.

This lesson will require students to collect data through listening, counting and timing. They will use ratios, rates, and proportions to report data. They will also demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music.

The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade six math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...

The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade seven math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...

The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade eight math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...

The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade nine math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...

Half-length practice test for the third grade OAT (Ohio Achievement Test). The test includes 17 multiple-choice and 4 open-response questions dealing with topics such as number sense (order of operations, ratios), measurement (metric...

In this teaching resource for Grades 8 to 12, students develop an understanding of how gas prices are calculated, applying their Math skills in ratio, percent, data analysis, etc. to real life scenarios.

This lesson will introduce the meaning of weighted average, and demonstrate how to solve for the weighted average of a data set. Students can look at a presentation and then take an online quiz.

Are all juice grape juice concentrates the same? Find out when you explore ratio and fractions in this math challenge that compares juice recipes to identify strongest taste. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families...

In this lesson, students contribute data points to build graphs of the sine and cosine functions. The transition from trig ratios to trig functions is a particularly difficult one, but it is also one where the social space of the...

Use the information from the U.S. Census to determine if women will ever earn as much money as men.

What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...