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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Maximum or Minimum Possible Value of a Rounded Decimal

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are told the number of digits after a decimal point and the decimal's value when rounded. They must identify the maximum and the...
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Aplicaciones De La Derivada

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. In this interactive unit learn how to calculate intervals of growth and decay, maximum and minimum value of a function, the intervals of concavity and convexity and the turning points of a function.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Maximizing Your Efforts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use linear programming to solve problems involving maximum and minimum values. They use the Inequality Graphing application to solve linear programming problems.
Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Funcion Derivada

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Learn with these interactive exercises the concept of the derivative of a function, calculate tangents to a curve and maximum and minimum values of functions.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Completing the Square: Solving Quadratic Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Purplemath gives several examples which clearly show the process of completing the square to find the maximum and minimum solutions to a quadratic equation.
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Super Kids: Super Kids Math Worksheet Creator: Comparing Values

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own math facts from SuperKids.com worksheets for comparing values. Problems can include calculations using positive and negative numbers, and two-digit decimal values. The user inputs the maximum and minimum values of the...
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Super Kids: Rounding Numbers Worksheet Creator

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Create your own math facts worksheets for rounding numbers. Problems can positive and negative numbers and decimal values. The user inputs the maximum and minimum values of the numbers to be used, makes decisions about negatives and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Absolute Value Equations

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers graphing absolute value functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice problems.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Minimum

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Mathworld.com defines the minimum of a function and set.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Create Box and Whisker Plots

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students use a graphing calculator to create box-and-whisker plots and learn the usefulness of them. Students identify the five summary statistical values of data sets - minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum values.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using Clickers to Generate Supply and Demand Curves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson has students using clickers to generate data for demand and supply curves. It asks students to give numerical values for their maximum willingness to pay for something and their minimum willingness to accept for something....
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Iniciacion a La Programacion Lineal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Practice how to find the value of linear functions at the point of intersection and learn how to locate the maximum and minimum value with this interactive activity.
Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Puntos Caracteristicos, Criticos Y Singulares

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive unit to learn and use analysis tools that allow the location and calculation of the extreme value of a function on a closed interval.
Handout
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Periodic Functions, Stretching and Translating

For Students 9th - 10th
This online tutorial offers a comprehensive introduction to translating and stretching graphs, and what this implies about the function. Includes lots of pictures and examples.
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Super Kids: Addition and Subtraction Worksheet Creator

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Create your own addition/subtraction math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty, and vertical or horizontal equation format. You input minimum and...
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Excel Formulas: Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
A function is a predefined formula that performs calculations using specific values in a particular order. All spreadsheet programs include common functions that can be used for quickly finding the sum, average, count, maximum value, and...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 1.4 Characteristics of Polynomial Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explores graphs of polynomial equations including how to find the maximum and minimum y-values on a polynomial function.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Indoor/outdoor Residential Water Use in California

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare data about indoor and outdoor residential water use in northern and southern sites in this infographic from KQED and the California Single Family Water Use Efficiency Study. The accompanying classroom activity helps students find...
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Linear Programming: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Linear programming is a part of a very important area of mathematics called "optimization techniques". This field of study (or at least the applied results of it) are used every day in the organization and allocation of resources. Linear...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Extremum Test

For Students 9th - 10th
With this site one may understand how to test a point in a function for a relative minimum, maximum, saddle point, or none of these, by taking derivatives of the function. Explains and performs what is known as the "Extremum Test."
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Interactive: Scatter Plot

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive applet to input a series of (x, y) ordered pairs and plot them. Parameters such as minimum and maximum value, minimum and maximum y value, and x- and y-scale can be set by the user or determined by the applet.
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Super Kids: Multiplication Worksheet Creator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own multiplication math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty - basic or advanced. You input minimum and maximum values of the numbers to be...
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Super Kids: Division Worksheet Creator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own division math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty - basic or advanced. You input minimum and maximum values of the numbers to be used,...
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Super Kids: Addition Worksheet Creator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own addition math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty, and vertical or horizontal equation format. You input minimum and maximum values of...