Curated OER
Balance
This is a great place for lesson information on the concept of equations. Three other tabs are available besides the -What Is It? tab. They are: Tips and Tricks, When Students Ask, and Lesson Ideas. Each tab has just the right amount of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse the Bank Account
For this task, students are asked to interpret equations representing a bank account's balance where the interest is compounded monthly versus yearly. Aligns with A-SSE.A.1 and A-SSE.A.1.a.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le a Valuable Quarter
The context of this task is that a quarter was put into a bank account in 1901 and students are asked to calculate its value in 2013 at two different interest rates. Those amounts are compared to the appreciation rate of a rare and...
Math2
Compound Interest and Exponential Growth
This site provides the compound interest equation, simplified compound interest equation,continuous compound interest equation, a demonstration of various compounding, and a review of loan balance.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Making Popcorn Balls (Multiplication)
In this Cyberchase video segment, Bianca uses multiplication to help her adjust the recipe for popcorn balls.