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A Trillion Here...A Trillion There
For this working with large numbers worksheet, students are given the finance statistics for the US and the world for the 2006-2007 year. Students solve 11 problems including finding averages and percentages for the given statistics and...
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Math Flash - Place Value PowerPoint
Place value and the reading and writing of large numbers, are the focus of this math PowerPoint. Students are taught that place values can be bunched up into "periods," which consist of the ones, thousands, millions, billions, and...
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Name the Digits in Each Place
In this whole number place value worksheet, students identify the digit in each place value. The number goes up to the hundred trillions place. Students may enter their answers directly into the worksheet. A link is provided to allow...
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Millions, Billions, Trillions
Students use real-world data to compare the relative sizes of millions and billions, and exponential growth. They use the salaries of famous people such as, Michael Jordan and Bill Gates to understand this math concept.
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Integers and Words
In this math worksheet, 4th graders will practice converting integer values to and from words. The teacher can select either or both directions. Additionally, the teacher can select the highest place value that is used in the conversion,...
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Manhattan & the Indians
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders determine the interest rate at which you would have to invest $24 in 1626 in order for it to be worth $730 trillion in 2007. The one page worksheet contains one problem. Answer is provided.
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How Much Is A Million
In this millions worksheet, students solve and complete 4 different problems that include counting large numbers. First, they identify the patterns found in the table illustrated. Then, students place the correct number on the dotted...
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How Old Is Illinois?
High schoolers use fossils found in rocks to determine the age of the strata between Rock Island and Chicago. Pupils pretend they are geologists. They must determine the age of all rock layers between the Mississippi River and Lake...
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Whole Number and Decimal Place Value
Practice real-world application of decimals by viewing the U.S. National Debt Clock online and discussing the level of outstanding debt. A skit, vocabulary, and various other resources are available.
CCSS Math Activities
Social Security Trust Fund
Will Social Security still be around when you retire? Given data on the predicted balance of the social security fund over time, scholars plot the points on a coordinate grid and determine if a quadratic regression fits the data. They...
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Fry's Bank
If money was left in an interest-earning account for 1,000 years, how much would it increase? Viewers watch a clip from a show about the future when someone learns about their balance after 1,000 years. Then, they solve for the amount in...
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Cross Sections and Collision Times
High schoolers solve five problems including finding the cross sectional area of two bodies, determining the swept out volume of a moving body, finding the average particle volume of a body and determining the collision time for a body.
Illustrative Mathematics
Ants Versus Humans
You would think that humans make up more mass than ants do on this planet, but think again, and this time by performing calculations. Middle schoolers use scientific notation to compute and compare the estimated total mass of all humans...
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How Much Is A Million
Help young learners visualize the concept of "a million." To convey concepts of numeration and literacy, they will listen to the book How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz. They should be able to make self-to-text connections....
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Solar Dynamics Observatory: Working with Giga, Tera, Peta and Exabytes
In this solar observatory worksheet, high schoolers read about the solar observation data that NASA will be collecting. Students solve 6 problems related to the collection of data using computers to store the solar data using gigabytes,...
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Graphic Accounts
Students identify the use of different types of bar graphs. They analyze graphs used in the New York Times to compare the estimated cost of the war in Iraq to other hypothetical expenditures and reflect on how graphs can help illustrate...
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Pi Day
In this Pi Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a survey, and...
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The Mathematics of Ion Rocket Engines
In this ion rocket engines worksheet, learners read about how heavy atoms are used to create the thrust in rocket engines. They solve 5 problems including determining the speed of atoms in a satellite, finding the average acceleration of...
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Details from an Exploding Star
In this nebula worksheet, students read about the Crab Nebula and calculate the average speed of the expanding gas. They determine the size of the smallest clumps of gas and they draw the diameter of the solar system to scale.
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Measuring Speed in the Universe
For this measuring speed in the universe worksheet, students use photographs of 3 astronomical phenomena including supernova explosions, coronal mass ejections and solar flare shock waves to find how fast they move. The photographs show...
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Scientific Data-The Gift That Keeps on Giving!
In this scientific data worksheet, students solve 6 problems related to the data to be collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory Mission. The problems include finding the number of bytes necessary in discs and drives to store a given...
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The Universe-Scientific Notation Extension
In this scientific notation instructional activity, students write a set of 9 average distances in standard form, then complete 3 additional problems. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Exploring Infinite Sequences, Part II
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the nth term of the sequence. They find the missing term in the pattern and what theorem justifies their choice. There are 12 questions.
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Math--Recognizing and Matching Numbers
In this recognizing and matching numbers instructional activity, learners draw a circle around the bunnies from each hutch and then draw a line from the bunnies to the hutches to show where they belong. Students fill in the missing...