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What are the Chances: A Game of Chance!
Sixth graders experiment with dice, playing cards, pennies and computer-generated simulations to calculate probability. They use compiled data to make predictions.
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Nick Six's Double Dice Game
In this mathematical activity, students participate in playing a game with a six-sided dice and calculate what is the maximum score a person can get.
Virginia Department of Education
Order Up!
Order in the math class! Scholars learn to evaluate expressions using the order of operations. A game has them rolling number cubes to determine numbers to use when evaluating.
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Playground Games
Students compete in playground games in order to review velocity and wave behavior in real life situations. They demonstrate understanding by calculating velocity in their "Playground Games" packet.
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Math is Everywhere! Post Test
For this math test worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions covering a wide variety of math concepts. An answer link is included.
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Timed Math Competition
In this timed math competition worksheet, students add, subtract, multiply, divide, find the pattern, add fractions and measure angles in a timed game.
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Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations
Learners observe that there are myriad combinations of rhythms to choose from when improvising jazz and blues music, and recognize that while the variations seem infinite, they are in fact finite. They notate a 12 bar blues progression...
CK-12 Foundation
Expected Value: Playing Darts
The expected payoff is right on target. An interactive resource provides a dart game scenario with amounts of cash prizes and probabilities of winning. Learners calculate the expected value and expected payoff for the game. To...
EngageNY
The Difference Between Theoretical Probabilities and Estimated Probabilities
Flip a coin to determine whether the probability of heads is one-half. Pupils use simulated data to find the experimental probability of flipping a coin. Participants compare the long run relative frequency with the known theoretical...
Balanced Assessment
Batting Orders
A baseball coach has more than 700 billion decisions to make before a game even starts, and in this resource individuals calculate the number of ways a coach can make a batting lineup. The first question places nine players out of nine....
College Board
1999 AP® Statistics Free-Response Questions
Closer to 2010 than expected. Several of the 1999 AP® Statistics free-response questions align to Common Core standards. Items ask pupils to analyze residuals, two-way tables, and calculate expected values to determine the fairness...
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Finding Fractions of Numbers and Quantities
Here is an interesting presentation on fractions, quantities, and factoring. A game called four in a row is presented as a way of providing a fun way for learners to practice mathematical skills in these areas. Along with the game, there...
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Calculating Total From Percents
Using this short review of finding a percentage of a number, learners can practice important skills. There are twelve questions on this worksheet.
Mathalicious
Three Shots
To foul or not to foul, that is the basketball question. High schoolers look at the probability that fouling out a player and allowing free throws yields a better outcome than allowing the original shot. The resource provides a...
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Treats in a Basket
Students explore probability by participating in an experimental activity. In this number statistics lesson plan, students collaborate in groups in which they move a game piece around a board. Students calculate their probability of...
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Buzzing for Products
Students practice multiplication playing a game. In this multiplication lesson plan, students pick numbers and multiply them together. Students are awarded points based on which "hive" their answer falls in. The student with the...
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Calculating Profits from Selling Virtual Lemonade
Students set up and collect data for a virtual lemonade stand. In this entrepreneurship, economics, and technology lesson, students purchase ingredients, determine costs, and set up a virtual lemonade stand. Students consider weather...
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Sine Cosine Game
In this algebra worksheet, students are given a word problem they must solve by rewriting the words in to algebraic symbols. They investigate Sine and Cosine using word problems. There are 18 questions with an answer key.
Roald Dahl
Matilda - Arithmetic
Mr. Wormwood, one of the characters in Roald Dahl's Matilda, is not the most trustworthy of characters. Have student groups take on the roles of car salespeople and play a game to see who can make the most profit by selling...
EngageNY
Federal Income Tax
Introduce your class to the federal tax system through an algebraic lens. This resource asks pupils to examine the variable structure of the tax system based on income. Young accountants use equations, expressions, and inequalities to...
Bowland
Youth Hostel
Given a set of criteria, individuals determine how to arrange males and females in a dormitory. They must meet the requirements and communicate their plan clearly.
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Narrow it Down: Numbers
Elementary learners of all ages utilize their number knowledge by playing a 20 questions style game. They participate in a game in which they ask yes or no questions to a group leader in order to discover which number the leader has...
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Introduction to the Concept of Probability
Middle and high schoolers have a clarified definition of probability, they explore about outcomes in probability and how to calculate experimental probability. They use computers to learn about probability.