Adding Note Values

This highly personalized activity puts the names of the learners in the center of the math investigation. As each person calculates their own name value based on a given code, they get practice in algorithms and in estimating square...

Here is a lesson that will help you meet seventh grade math Common Core skills standards. Learners work in collaborative groups to solve a real-world scenario using the subtraction of rational numbers. They jigsaw into other groups and...

How can you add two numbers and arrive at zero? Use negative integers! Assign each group a different problem to solve as a team. The lesson plan says to have them use Geometer's Sketchpad® to check their answers, but if you do not have...

Introduces addition of decimals by using unit notation to represent the problem. Pupils use a place value chart to decompose the numbers and then add before connecting to the standard algorithm. 

You can't evaluate an irrational root expression without a calculator—or can you? Scholars estimate the value of roots within an expression to approximate the value of the expression. Expressions include a mix of square roots and whole...

Define, simplify, add, and subtract polynomials. Identify the degrees of a polynomial. Determine if a polynomial is a monomial, a binomial, or a trinomial. Then look at simplifying a polynomial by combining the coefficient values of like...

Introduce your class to the seven elements of art through a presentation and related project. Before beginning the project, class members take notes on the presentation, writing down the underlined items and adding drawings into their...

Learners discover the relationship between musical rhythms and fractions. They add musical notes together to produce fractions and create addition and subtraction problems with musical notes. Students complete worksheets and create their...

Use this word problem to practice turning words into math. You'll follow the step-by-step process to determine what is being asked and what you'll need to do to solve the problem. A great tutorial for learners needing a little extra help...

A comprehensive video, this resource explains how to solve an equation when you have a variable in the denominator. The lecturer works through 2 different problems that represent 2 situations. From this video, pupils can gain knowledge...