Assessment
CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Target I

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here's the solution to your needs. A PowerPoint presentation from the Claim 1 Item Slide Show series gives 17 questions for scholars to complete. They must solve linear equations, linear inequalities, quadratic equations, and literal...
Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering

Balsa Glider Competition

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Change one variable and try again. Teams build basic balsa gliders and collect data on their flight distances and times. Through collaboration, the team decides on two modifications to make to the basic design and collect data for the...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

A Linear System

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians have the hang of graphing with integer coefficients now. Can they generalize what they've learned to equations with variable coefficients? The task asks individuals to verify the solution to the system is (x,y) and...
PPT
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BW Walch

Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
One thing that puzzles a lot of young algebrists is the factors in a word problem that are taken as "understood". This presentation on solving systems of linear inequalities does a great job walking the learner through how to tease those...
Activity
Math Solutions

Dr. Seuss Comes to Middle School Math Class

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
If you think Dr. Seuss has no place in a math classroom, then take a look at this resource. Based on the classic children's book Green Eggs and Ham, this sequence of activities engages children learning to model real-world contexts...
Lesson Plan
EduGAINs

Introduction to Solving Linear Systems

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Word problems offer class members an opportunity to learn the concept of solving linear systems using graphs. Individuals choose a problem based upon preferences, break into groups to discuss solution methods and whether there...
Assessment
Bowland

Mobile Phones

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Cheaper cell phone bills? Learners compare two different cell phone plans for a specified number of minutes of phone usage each day. They also determine the conditions for which one plan is cheaper than the other.
Workbook
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Ch 1: Ratio Relations

For Students 6th Standards
At this rate, the class will be experts on ratios and rates in no time. A class workbook teaches individuals about ratio language, using tables and tape diagrams to find equivalent ratios, and solving ratio problems. They then learn how...
Assessment
Achieve

Dairy Barn

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Agriculture is truly a math-based profession! Help the dairy farmer determine the supplies needed to complete his barn. Using given dimensions, learners build equations and use units to determine the correct amount of materials.
Activity
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Teach Engineering

Equal and Opposite Thrust in Aircraft: You're a Pushover!

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
It's the law—every action requires a reaction, no matter how small. Pupils experience two demonstrations of Newton's third law of motion as it relates to thrust in the 10th segment of a 22-part unit on flight. Using their mathematical...
Handout
Charleston School District

The Sum of Angles in a Triangle

For Students 8th Standards
An informative lesson contains a brief explanation of how the sum of the angles of a triangle is a line. The lesson continues with determining the missing angle in a triangle, or solving for a variable. Using the sum of the...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Matter and Energy: Equations and Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using simple materials, an informative lesson demonstrates the Law of Conservation of Matter and explains how to balance chemical equations. Young chemists perform experiments, analyze reactions, and balance chemical equations...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Equations

For Students 8th - 9th
In this solving equations worksheet, students solve and complete 22 different problems that include using addition and subtraction. First, they solve each equations for the state variable. Then, students define a variable, write an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Equations

For Students 8th - 9th
In this solving equations instructional activity, students solve and complete 15 different problems. First, they isolate the variable on one side of the equation using the addition/subtraction property of equality. Then, students check...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

One-Step Linear Equations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore linear equations. In this linear equations lesson, 6th graders explore visual examples of 1-step linear equations. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Equations

For Students 8th - 9th
In this solving equations learning exercise, students solve and complete 12 different problems that include solving various equations by addition or subtraction. First, they identify and define the difference between using the addition...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Equations

For Students 9th
In this solving equations worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 8 different problems that include identifying equations. First, they define a variable, an algebraic expression and a verbal expression, and an equation by giving an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Variable Expressions

For Students 8th - 10th
For this variable expressions worksheet, students solve variable expressions.  They write algebraic expressions.  This one-page worksheet contains 10 multiple-choice problems.  Answers are provided.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Algebraic Equations

For Students 11th - 12th
In this algebraic equations learning exercise, students solve and check ten algebraic equations. In the first 3 problems, they find the solution of the equation by using the substitution method. And in the last 7, students solve for each...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Substitution Process in Problem Solving

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students apply the substitution process to solve equations with more than one variable. They explore how to use the process and when it should be used.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Equations

For Students 4th - 5th
In this equations worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which subtraction is used to isolate the variable. There are decimal numbers to the tenths place included on this page.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Variables on Both Side

For Students 7th - 8th
In this math learning exercise, students are given 12 algebraic equations to solve. Students are then given 3 story problems to write in equation form and solve.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders review the information that they have already learned with regard to linear equations and graphical representations. They then assist in combining equations with a graphical element and complete various graphs with this...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Variables and Open Sentences

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the purpose of variables and identify the missing variable in open sentences. They observe the teacher solve a variety of problems, complete a worksheet as a class, and independently complete another worksheet. ...