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Tides, Sound Waves, and Stock Markets
Help pupils see the world through the eyes of a mathematician. As they examine tide patterns, sound waves, and stock market patterns using trigonometric functions, learners create scatter plots and write best-fit functions.
Missouri Department of Elementary
What Is Important to Me?
Pupils complete an activity sheet to determine what values are most important to them. They then discuss their responses with partners before sharing the results of the discussion with the class.
Curated OER
The Geometry Of An Ox Skin
High schoolers investigate the concepts of area and perimeter. The lesson plan uses a legend to create a context for the proposed word problem. They use the skill of estimation in order to create an ox skin that is found in the story.
EngageNY
Unknown Angle Problems with Inscribed Angles in Circles
We know theorems about circles—now what? Class members prove a theorem, with half the class taking the case where a point is inside the circle and half the class taking the case where a point is outside the circle. The lesson then...
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Fractions in Action
Investigate equivalent fractions with your class. They compare and order fractions. Then they work cooperatively in groups to experiment and problem solve with fractions using a game format. Multiple resources are provided.
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Introduction to Exponents
Problem solve using exponents. Pupils read One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale and write powers to represent amounts from the story.They compare actual solutions to their predictions and play a game to practice using...
EngageNY
The Special Role of Zero in Factoring
Use everything you know about quadratic equations to solve polynomial equations! Learners apply the Zero Product Property to factor and solve polynomial equations. They make a direct connection to methods they have used with quadratic...
Digging Into Math
Classifying Triangles
Young mathematicians explore the world of three-sided shapes in this lesson on the different types of triangles. Starting with a general introduction to classification using Venn diagrams, children learn how to categorize triangles...
Messenger Education
Design Challenge: How to Keep Gelatin from Melting
The inside of the spacecraft Messenger, which explores Mercury, will experience temperatures from 32 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit. In the final installment of a series of four space-related activities, groups spend time discussing and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Dimes and Pennies
Help your fourth graders make cents out of fractions and decimals with this short word problem. After learning that dimes are one-tenth and pennies one-hundredth of a dollar, students write a fraction and decimal for a given number...
Curated OER
T-Shirt Lettering
Students determine the cost of a t-shirt using a variety of mathematical operations to solve problems. Then they use a spreadsheet to calculate the cost of lettering a t-shirt and display this information in a graph.
Curated OER
Ravishing Rings (Multiplication with a Snack)
Learners understand multiplication through the use of snack manipulatives. In this multiplication lesson, students solve a multiplication problem using pretzels and then create and answer original problems. Learners analyze how they got...
Curated OER
Modeling: Having Kittens
Cats can't add, but they do multiply! Determine the number of descendants of a single cat given specific facts about cats and kittens. The lesson focuses on developing strategies for problem solving using both individual and group work....
Curated OER
The New Texas Two-Step
Sixth graders work with mathematical expressions by interpreting, analyzing and problem solving with them. In this two step algebraic problem solving lesson, 6th graders use algebra tiles to solve equations.
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Can I take Action?
In this problem-solving worksheet, students draw a diagram of their problem situation and complete 3 activities to lead them toward possible solutions. Activities include creating an action plan and writing ideas for solutions.
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Easter Addition
In this Easter addition worksheet, students problem solve and calculate the answers to twenty-five addition equations and color all of the Easter eggs that have an even numbered sum.
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Easter Addition
In this Easter addition worksheet, students problem solve and calculate the answers to twenty-five addition equations and color all of the Easter eggs that have an even numbered sum.
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Properties of Multiplication
Learners identify the properties and use them to solve word problems. They solve 13 problems. This is an unusually good worksheet!
CK-12 Foundation
Zero Product Principle
Some lessons feature videos, some interactive practice problems, and some have notes and activities. This comprehensive look at factoring and solving polynomial equations using the zero product principle has all of this and more. Though...
Curated OER
Using Multiplication to Solve Word Problems
Learners explore math functions by solving word problems in class. In this multiplication lesson, students utilize colored cubes and base blocks to visualize multiplication problems. Learners identify the multiplication values within...
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Mathematics Problem Solving
In this math worksheet, students read a math word problem. Students are asked to present a solution using numbers, pictures and words. There are boxes provided for each.
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Multiplying Decimal Numbers: Using Zeros as Placeholders
Explore decimals with upper graders. They solve problems from their textbook involving decimal multiplication. Afterward, as a class, they check their answers by comparing them to those projected with an overhead projector.
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Not So Snappy 13- Word Problems
In this word problem worksheet, learners problem solve to find the answers to 4 examples. They use a variety of strategies including solve a simpler problem, and using logic in their work.
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Problem-Solving Math 1
Students discuss the different ways we use numbers in everyday life. They walk around the classroom for 5 to 10 minutes, students are asked to point out examples of numbers they find in the room. Students are asked to image a world...
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