Curated OER
Worksheet 8: Absolute Percentage Error
In this absolute percentage error worksheet, students estimate the maximum absolute error in computing the volume and area of a cube or a sphere. They use differentials to estimate the value of roots. This one-page worksheet contains...
Curated OER
Geometric Figures
In this geometric figures worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include measurement. First, they draw a reflection of a given shape over a line. Then, students draw a rotation of a different shape. They...
Mathematics Vision Project
Circles: A Geometric Perspective
Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 7 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 6)
Thirty-eight flashcards make up a set designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Two types of cards can be found here; a word card in bold lettering, and a corresponding definition card that offers a labeled example. Terms include area,...
Curated OER
Worksheet for Pi
Who needs a pie-eating contest when you have a pi-ology game! Celebrate March 14th with a fun board game about pi and other geometric concepts. As learners answer questions about geometry, they move around the board to collect...
Mathed Up!
Circle Theorems
Explore theorems involving circles. Individuals watch a video that reviews the basic parts of a circle. They learn about circle theorems and compete a worksheet of problems that use these theorems — putting their skills to work right away!
Inside Mathematics
Rugs
The class braids irrational numbers, Pythagoras, and perimeter together. The mini-assessment requires scholars to use irrational numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem to find perimeters of rugs. The rugs are rectangular, triangular,...
Virginia Department of Education
Arc Length and Area of a Sector
What do skateboarding and baked goods have in common with math? You can use them to connect half-pipe ramps and cakes to arcs and sectors. Pupils compare the lengths of three different ramp options of a skate park. They calculate the...
Bowland
Royal Liver Clock
Using clocks as dining tables? Scholars estimate the number of people that can sit around the face of the clock on the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool. They use estimation to justify their responses.
Concord Consortium
Bicycle Chain
Model a bicycle chain with circles and tangent lines. Given the dimensions of the sprocket wheels, young scholars calculate the length of the chain that surrounds them. A second task has learners write a function for the length of a...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)
Acute angles, nets, and vertices are only a few terms that a set of flash cards includes. Among the 108 cards, two types are available; word cards printed in bold-faced lettering, and corresponding definition cards equipped with an...
Balanced Assessment
Bumpy-Ness
Develop a new measure of the properties of an object. Scholars develop a definition and formula to measure the bumpy-ness of an object. They utilize their formulas to find the property for several spherical objects.
101 Questions
Suitcase Circle
Analyze patterns in a circular arrangement. After using a geometric construction to complete a circle, learners use proportional reasoning to make predictions. By determining the length of an arc built from suitcases, they estimate the...
CCSS Math Activities
Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 7th Grade Math – Target F
Sometimes it's how you ask the question that counts. The sixth installment of nine from the Smarter Balanced Claim 1 Slideshow series presents a set of 13 questions to assess understanding of angle relationships as well as area and...
Concord Consortium
Spinning an Old Record
Take a trip back in time to examine angular velocity. Using the revolutions per minute, learners calculate the speed of a point on a 33 record. They compare the speed of a point on the edge of the record to the speed of a point closer to...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
What Is a Radian?
Here's an algebra II activity that strives to make the concept of a radian less abstract and more conceptual. It takes a hands-on approach to exploring the idea of a radian and allows individuals to develop a definition of a...
Curated OER
Nanofibers: Measuring the Visible to Understand the Invisible
Students compare the size and shape of tubes that can be measured, to the size and shape of "nanowhiskers" that are too small to see. They practice measuring, calculating and graphing the ratio of circumference to diameter of a circle,...
Curated OER
"Sir Cumference and the First Round Table" by Cindy Neuschwander
Students develop an understanding of measurable attributes of circles; develop a formula to determine the circumference of circles. They approximate the value of pi.
Curated OER
Circles
In this geometry worksheet, students solve problems by finding the diameter, radius and chord of a circle. They also solve for the area of the circle. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
Curated OER
Our School - Our Trees
Sixth graders observe school ground trees planted nearly 3 decades ago. For this ecology activity, 6th graders examine a group of trees planted near their campus and measure the diameter, circumference and growth of the tree...
Curated OER
Sixth Grade Mathematics Test
For this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders are tested on the mathematics skills. Students use problem solving strategies to work the given equations and situations.
Curated OER
Circles
Tenth graders explore and define the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders calculate the circumference and area of a circle using real world objects and shapes. They discuss chords and lines tangent...
K12 Reader
Anatomy of a Circle
Make sure your learners are well-versed in circles with a reading passage. Pupils will pick up some important circle-related terms as they read and respond to the five included questions.
Mrs. Burke's Math Page
The Amazing Pi Race
Add a sense of excitement to your math class with this race across the country. Using their knowledge of all things circular, young mathematicians work in pairs answering a series of pi-related word problems as they hop from one city to...