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Curated OER

Quiz: Error in Measurement

For Students 10th - 12th
In this error in measurement quiz, students read given problems and determine the percent of error, find the absolute error, the relative error, and identify the limits. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Quiz: Error in Measurement

For Students Higher Ed
In this measurement activity, students are presented with the measurements of two items. They compute the upper and lower limits of the range of tolerance for the measurements. Students find the absolute error and percent of error for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Multiplying Decimals and Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students multiply decimals and/or mixed numbers. They explore the effects of multiplying decimals and mixed numbers. They practice estimating answers when a number is multiplied by a decimal or mixed number.
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Curated OER

Locker Room Maxims

For Students 9th - 12th
In this locker room maxim, students examine letters that represent words.  They decipher the puzzle to reveal a cliche.  This four--page worksheet contains 22 problems.  Answers are provided on the last two pages.
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Curated OER

Percents and Money

For Students 10th - 11th
For this algebra worksheet, students rewrite word problems using algebraic symbols. They solve for the amount of population or money over a period of time. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

One Part A Mini Lab: Water Contamination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the effects of ground water contamination. In this ground water contamination lesson plan, students create a mini well and simulate ground water flow through the well with a contaminate (food coloring). They make...
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Teachnology

Statistics & Probability with Cards

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Give young mathematicians a chance to demonstrate their understanding of basic probability with this series of worksheets. Presented with different situations involving dice and decks of cards, students must correctly determine the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From a Square to a Rectangle

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders solve problems involving percentage increases and decreases. Using given percentages, 8th graders transform a square into a rectangle. They apply the area formulas for squares and rectangles.Students observe the percent...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Research Cruise Word Problems

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine life aboard the NOAA research vessel, Ronald H. Brown. They complete word problems related to the vessel, and then create three problems of their own.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

6-8 Baseball Fun: Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars practice the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics on baseball cards. In this baseball math lesson, students use fractions and estimation to calculate statistics. Young scholars...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money and Percentage

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine use of percentages in real world situations. They complete worksheet about using percentages after reviewing the concept. They look through newspapers to find examples of percentages used over the course of three...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Honey Bunches of Oats

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore a variety of crops that are used in our food products utalizing a box of the cereal, Honey "Bunches of Oates." Percentages of each of the three different kinds of flakes present are calculated.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Probability

For Students 8th
In this probability worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining a probability of events as a percentage. First, they determine the probability that a marble drawn will be green. Then, students determine a...
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Curated OER

Voting Systems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this voting systems instructional activity, high schoolers read story problems and then use various methods to determine the probable winner of an election. They use the Plurality and Borda tables to determine outcomes. This...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students complete various activities for probability. In this probability instructional activity, students use coins, cubes, peanut butter and jelly, playing cards, number cubes, darts, and a Gauss Curve to study probability. Students...
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Curated OER

Visualizing Decimals

For Students 7th
In this visualizing decimals learning exercise, 7th graders solve 14 different problems that include various forms of decimals. They fill in the missing hundredths parts on each number line. Then, students write the number the picture...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Quiz: Percentiles and Quartiles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this percentile and quartile worksheet, students complete a frequency table from given data. They determine the median, upper quartile, lower quartile and percentile ranks of specified conditions. This one-page worksheet contains...
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Curated OER

Statistics: Quartiles and Percentiles

For Students 8th - 11th
In this statistics worksheet, students examine a data set and identify the lower and upper quartiles. They determine percentile ranks of given material and compute the median of the data. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Cereal

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Find the best protein-packed cereal. The short assessment task covers equivalent and comparing ratios within a context. Pupils determine the cereal with the highest ratio of protein. A rubric helps teachers with point allotments for...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Sales Tax and Tip

For Teachers 7th Standards
Don't forget to tip your server. Future consumers learn how to calculate sales taxes and tips. Pairs use actual restaurant menus to create an order and determine the total bill, including taxes and tips.
Lesson Plan
US Geological Survey

Water, Water, Everywhere?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Less than one percent of the earth's water is available for human use. A hands-on activity models the phenomenon for young scientists. Beginning with a specific volume of water, learners remove water that correlates to the percent of...
Assessment
Curated OER

2003 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part III

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry Olympiad activity, pupils are given 2 lab problems to work on. They must explain their experiment they would carry out, show their data and write their results and conclusions of the lab and the process.
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Finding a Fraction of a Set

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Finding a fraction of a number is just multiplication in disguise. Young mathematicians can interact with this lesson to practice using multiplication to find a percent of a whole number. The narrator goes over how to put the number over...
Activity
PBL Pathways

Do Homework?

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
To complete homework or not to complete homework ... that is the question. Decide whether it makes a difference on finals by doing homework. Individuals create a scatter plot and find a line of best fit for data on the percent of...

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