Worksheet
Helping with Math

Decimals: Thousandths

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Nine fractions and mixed numbers are provided for your class to write as decimals. All have denominators of 1000. Then, nine decimal numbers, all thousandths, are provided for learners to write as fractions or mixed numbers. If you use...
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Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers All
Pupils build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using logs.
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Curated OER

Who's Going to the Convention?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils practice planning budgets as they create a budget for ten employees of a company to attend a professional convention. They use the Internet, and spreadsheet software to complete their assignment.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

2nd Grade - Act. 06: Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore concept of fractions.
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Pizza Place Promotion

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
The longer you wait to try the new pizza place, the more it's going to cost you! This real-world problem about how the cost of pizza varies with respect to time is a good example of how piecewise functions are used to describe...
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Curated OER

Shopping for a Party

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders produce a budget for a party.  In this money management instructional activity, 2nd graders create a budget for an imaginary party they will have based on a $20.00 limit.  Students observe a video clip in class...
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Curated OER

Hole Hole Bushi

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a written rhythm pattern. They state when a rhythm pattern varies from a given pattern by listening to an ostinato. They state reasons why people migrate to different lands.
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Curated OER

Representing Relationships with Equations

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore Cuisenaire Rods.  In this pre-algebra lesson, students work with a partner to generate addition problems with the sum of ten using Cuisenaire Rods. Students construct examples of the Commutative Property using...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Evaluating Secondary Physical Constants

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this physical constants worksheet, students use fundamental physical constants of nature to determine "secondary" constants. This worksheet has 7 problems to solve.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Converting Decimals to Fractions (3 of 3)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this decimal conversion worksheet, learners use their problem solving skills to convert 18 decimal numbers to fractions or mixed numbers in lowest terms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Are You Absolutely Sure of the Value?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop an examineing of absolute value through real world situations. They develop an examineing of when absolute value can be used in a given situation.
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Curated OER

Egyptian Numeration Pyramid

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, using paper, construct a 3-D pyramid, decorating it with Egyptian numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buying My First Car

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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Handbell World

Handbell World: Handbell Notation Symbols and Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Handbell ringing is a unique form of music-making and uses techniques that don't apply to other instruments. Music written for handbells looks much like piano music, with the addition of symbols which indicate these unique techniques....
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Sequences and Series: Terminology and Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the basic terminology and notation of sequences and series, including summation symbols, subscripts, and indices.
Unit Plan
Other

Quick Math: Scientific Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this section, we will introduce another symbol for a fraction of the form and then we will use this symbol to write certain numbers in simpler form.
Website
Cool Math

Coolmath: Some Sigma Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
This CoolMath resource will help students understand sequences and series. The symbol "sigma" is featue
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Finding Specific Function Values (Verbal/symbolic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a verbal and symbolic representations of a function, the student will find specific function values.
eBook
Missouri State University

Missouri State University: Introductory Statistics: Summation Notation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a complete look at the mathematical summation sign. Examples of how to interpret and use the sign are presented as needed.
Interactive
Music Theory

Music theory.net: Simple and Compound Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of simple and compound meters, as well as explanations of the terms duple, triple, and quadruple. Plenty of illustrations accompany this terrific resource. By MusicTheory.net.
Interactive
Music Theory

Music theory.net: Steps and Accidentals

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an explanation of half steps, whole steps, flats, and sharps. Illustrated examples accompany these definitions.
Activity
Other

Jeff Miller: Uses of Symbols of Set Theory and Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
This fun personal page offers the history of various symbols in set notation. (The bibliography link is located at the bottom of the page.)
Article
Other

Music Concepts Online: Notation: Basic Rhythm and Pitch

For Students 9th - 10th
This site looks at rhythm, terms and concepts, which include rhythm, score, note (parts of and kinds), rests, tie. Great information.