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Math.com

Computer Romanus: Roman Numeral Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a calculator that uses only Roman Numerals! There is also an explanation of the number symbols for reference.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Volume of a Pyramid

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive tool to find the volume of a pyramid. Try different figures for the height and the base to see how these affect the volume. Properties of pyramids are explained, how to calculate the volume using a formula, what an...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Proportions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice using your graphing calculator for solving proportion problems. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each problem.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Calculating the Median

For Students 6th Standards
Practice finding the median of a data set. Students are able to check their answers, view a solution, and watch a video or use a hint.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Math Space Odyssey: How Long Is a Light Year?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson helps students to demonstrate the ability to use a light year as a standard of measurement to calculate time and distance from the earth. They will also solve problems based on light years.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Cone

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this interactive tool to explore cones. Change the height and the radius to see how these affect the cone. There is also the option of making an oblique cone. Properties of a cone are discussed, how to use formulas to calculate the...
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Prism

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive tool to explore prisms. Change the height and the shape of the base to see how these affect the prism. There are also several additional options, e.g., making it oblique or transparent. Properties of a prism are...
Unit Plan
Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Measure Areas

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Demonstrates how to calculate the area of two-dimensional shapes using formulas. Covers parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle. Includes a video modeling how to find the area of a circle and a triangle. [0:59]
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Hopelink

Hopelink: Teaching Percentages

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can brush up on percentage skills with this lesson and calculate percentages using the "Percent Tricks method." For students to successfully use this method, they must have the ability to multiply and divide whole numbers.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Round to Nearest Multiple Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this rounding calculator to round a number to the nearest multiple. You can round a number up or down to the nearest 2, 4, 5, 10, 50, etc. You can also round to the nearest tenth, hundredth, thousandth, etc. multiple in a decimal place.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Percentage Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a percentage or work out the percentage given numbers and percent values. Use percent formulas to figure out percentages and unknowns in equations. Add or subtract a percentage from a number or solve the equations.
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Virtual Nerd

Virtual Nerd: How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using Unit Rates?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Word problems allow you to see the real world uses of math! This tutorial shows you how to take a rate and convert it to a unit rate. Then, you can use that unit rate to calculate your answer. Watch this tutorial to learn all about it!
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Finding the Volume and Surface Area of a Cylinder

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Explains how to calculate the volume and surface area of a cylinder using the standard formulas. Includes example problems.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Something's Fishy: A Lesson in Biological Sampling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Determining the population in a larger area by tagging. By using proper scientific method and careful sampling procedures, students learn how biologists work in the field to collect data about a population. Students will also calculate...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Multiple Choice Practice: Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Test your knowledge of probability 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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Wyzant

Wyzant: Simplifying Multiple Positive or Negative Signs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to simplify multiple positive or negative signs. The resource consists of lessons with examples, a combining like terms calculator, an equation calculator, and a worksheet to check for comprehension.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Systems of Linear Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Solving a system of linear inequalities is shown to be as easy as solving a system of linear equations! An example is explained before students are given several problems to complete on their own. Complete explanations of these are...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Equivalent Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This multi-segment lesson plan uses games and calculators to explore the concept of equivalent expressions. Learners work together using inverse operations to isolate variables in algebraic equations. It also provides attachments for...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How High Did My Rocket Go?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a lab in which the students will calculate the height of an air or water rocket by using trigonometry.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Mudslide

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a formative assessment task where students are asked to first make a mathematical model of a mudslide given the dimensions of the area it covers. They then use an estimate of density to...