Problem Solving Lesson Plan 5

The lesson plan provides a richly detailed narrative and sample problems for teaching or reinforcing how to work with percentages. In particular, your audience will compute the costs per serving of food and simulate setting menu prices...

Stop wasting energy searching for physics resources, this comprehensive collection of worksheets has you covered. Starting with introductions to the scientific method, dimensional analysis, and graphing data, these skills practice...

Your young business men and women discover that selling what they make at a profit is the key in running a business. Learners practice the contextual math needed in the CTE lesson; then apply their percent proportion concepts in solving...

Adult learners are a challenging group to reach when teaching basic mathematical skills. This guide presents ideas and worksheets for teaching them how to solve word problems.

The truth is there are consequences for actions. The third lesson in the "Problem Solving Module" asks class members to brainstorm a list of problems, select one and invent a system, process, or object that might solve the problem. They...

How do companies determine the prices of their products? Marketing maestros discover the concepts of cost and break-even point through discussion, independent practice, and a collaborative assessment. The career and technology-oriented...

Employees working in the field give examples of when they use formulas like area to solve problems such as understanding the sizes of packages and pallets.

Employees in the information technology industry use math to solve problems in their daily jobs, like how much server space is needed for certain applications.

There is no more useful life skill to learn than budgeting and setting financial goals. It's math that is used by every person, everyday. Learners examine the responsibilities and costs involved in family economics. Through a series of...

See how Mississippi high school students confront the uncertainty and untidiness of science and develop problem-solving strategies in the context of local catfish farming. [5:40]