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Handout
Charleston School District

Solving Equations with the Distributive Property

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Now there are parentheses in these equations? As the lessons continue in this series, equations get progressively more complex. Eighth graders solve equations by applying the distributive property before using inverse operations. 
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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Designing and Analyzing Data Collected from Wearable Devices to Solve Problems in Health Care

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Wearable devices have become more the norm than the exception. Learners analyze data from a sample device with a regression analysis in a helpful hands-on activity. Their focus is to determine if there is a connection between temperature...
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Charleston School District

Solving Systems with Elimination

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Can you handle one more method? It just might be your favorite! Building on the skills learned in the previous lessons in the series, scholars now learn the elimination method. The video examines problems of varying difficulty. 
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Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Solving Inequalities

For Teachers 7th - 9th
What does translating points on a number line have to do with solving inequalities? Young mathematicians first learn about translations of points on a number line, and then use this information to solve linear inequalities in one variable.
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Handout
Charleston School District

Solving Equations with Infinite or No Solutions

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Where did all the variables go? Scholars learn how to interpret an equation when they eliminate all variables during the solving process. They interpret the solution as infinite solutions or no solutions. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Proportions and Scale: Problem Solving Plan, Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Slide into a lesson on proportions. A slider interactive lets users adjust three of the four values in a proportion and automatically updates the fourth value. Scholars use the interactive to help answer a set of challenge questions on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nothing But Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Here is a fabulous lesson on problem solving in the mathematical world. In it, third and fourth graders get lots of great coaching on how to approach word problems, and how to best find a solution. They watch an episode of Reading...
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Worksheet
Central New Mexico Community College

Percent Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians' understanding of percents into the real world with this series of word problems. Involving a variety of contexts from calculating scores on math tests and savings account interest, to determining sale prices...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving: Surface Area or Volume

For Students 4th - 7th
Strengthen young geometric muscles with this exercise in finding surface area and volume. Six problems provide practice at determining the surface area and volume of two solid figures shown in cubic units, deciding which to find given a...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Can You Solve the Mystery of the Variable?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Solving a murder is like isolating a variable. Using a video on a murder mystery, the narrator introduces the idea of solving a literal equation for one variable. After solving several equations, the class comes up with a set of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Solving Process: One-To-One Correspondence

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe and demonstrate a variety of problem solving strategies to solve problems involving one-to-one correspondence and whole numbers to 100. They discuss the steps of the problem solving process, and solve a word...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Problem Solving and the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th Standards
Class members investigate rectangles on the coordinate plane. They determine the length of line segments in the coordinate plane with the same x-coordinate or same y-coordinate and then solve geometric problems involving perimeter and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Applying Tangents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What does geometry have to do with depression? It's an angle of course! Learners apply the tangent ratio to problem solving questions by finding missing lengths. Problems include angles of elevation and angles of depression. Pupils make...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Solving Systems with Substitutions

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
How many large and small watermelons did he sell? Just use the given information to write and solve a system of equations! The two videos accompanying the lesson explain the substitution method and then introduce problem solving. The...
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Curriculum Corner

“I Can” Common Core! 3rd Grade Math

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Help third graders make sense of the Common Core math standards with this simple checklist. By rewording each standard as an I can statement, children are provided with clear goals to focus on as they participate in math lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Solving Inequalities

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
What does solving an inequality have in common with solving an equation? Almost everything! A math resource focuses on the one exception. The examples lead learners through the steps of solving an equality when multiplying or dividing by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Outdoor Activities/Problem Solving: Math Goes to the Playground

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students build their math skills outdoors. In this early childhood math lesson, students use comparative language as they chart and graph the items on their playground.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Proportions to Solve Problems

For Teachers 6th
Skittles and math? Pupils will work as a class to determine how many orange Skittles are in a large bag by using proportions. They will problem solve, estimate, and share their thinking. Then, they will each receive a small bag of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Solving and the Sports Page

For Teachers 4th
The use of box scores from baseball games is the foundation of this math lesson. Organize your class into groups of four, and give identical box scores from a baseball game that was just played. Have them create word problems from the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving Strategy: Draw a Picture

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this multiplication worksheet, students answer 3 fill in the blank questions where they draw a specific group of things on each item in a set and then write and solve a multiplication equation associated with each drawing.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Solving: Steps and Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of problem solving strategies. In this problem solving strategies lesson, students discuss methods for solving problems such as re-reading a problem, stating the facts, drawing a picture and so on. Students...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Solving Linear Equations

For Teachers 8th Standards
Incorporate geometry into the solving linear equations lesson. Pupils use their knowledge of geometry to write linear equations which reinforces geometry measurement concepts while at the same time providing a familiar context for...
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Worksheet
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Curated OER

Practice: Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Congratulations, you've just hit the word problem jackpot! Covering an incredible range of topics from integers and fractions, to percents, geometry, and much more, this collection of worksheets will keep young mathematicians busy...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Mental Math

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Faster than a speedy calculator! Show your classes how to use polynomial identities to multiply numbers quickly using mental math. 

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