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Word Problems from the Football Match
In this math worksheet, learners solve 10 word problems pertaining to the sport of English football (soccer). Included are money, elapsed time, addition and subtraction operations. Note: This is best suited to UK students; money is...
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A Matter of Timing
For this orbital period worksheet, students solve 2 problems about satellites and their orbits. They determine how many days it takes for two satellites to be in "opposition", they find the least common factor between their orbit periods...
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Real Life Math Word Problems: Reading a Bus Schedule
For this math worksheet, students solve 12 real life math word problems pertaining to bus schedules and elapsed time. This page is from the UK and the cities and towns are from that region.
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Calendar
In this calendar worksheet, students learn to use a calendar to find the elapsed time using the dates in the word problems. Students solve six problems.
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2000 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part II
In this chemistry olympiad problem solving worksheet, chemistry pupils solve eight problems on a variety of topics including periodic trends, phase changes, ionization reactions, catalysts and titrations.
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2007 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part II
Eight multi-step chemistry problems, including analyzing a titration, writing equations, predicting products and limiting reagents, calculating concentrations of ions, and using stoichiometry to solve for unknowns in reactions make up...
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2001 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part I
Sixty multiple-choice questions test on a variety of first year chemistry subjects. In order to succeed, exam takers must be competent with properties of elements, stoichiometry problems, gas laws, bond dissociation, and types of...
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2001 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad National Exam Part II
Only eight problems are on this competitive national chemistry exam. It required the balancing of chemical equations, solving stoichiometry questions, and more. This is part two of three of the national exam. Also available is a local...
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2004 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Exam Part II
In this National Chemistry Olympiad test, junior chemists answer eight problem solving questions on a variety of topics. These include calculating molarity of solutions, determining rates of reactions, calculating decay and discussing...
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2004 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part I
For this chemistry worksheet, test takers answer 60 multiple choice questions on topics related to chemistry from balancing equations to calculating moles and molecules of compounds. They name formulas, they convert, they solve problems...
Inside Mathematics
How Old Are They?
Here is a (great) lesson on using parentheses! The task requires the expression of ages using algebraic expressions, including the distributive property. Pupils use their expressions to determine the individual ages.
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Worksheet 2 - Instantaneous Velocity
In this distance worksheet, students determine the distance between two objects, find the average velocity of an object, and define instantaneous velocity. This two-page worksheet contains six two-step problems.
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THEMIS: A Magnetic Case of 'What Came First?'
In this magnetic reconnection worksheet, students solve seven problems using the data and graphs from the THEMIS satellite constellations, which show a series of events triggered by a magnetic reconnection. Students interpret the data in...
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Solar Flare Reconstruction
For this solar flare reconstruction worksheet, students read about the 'saturation' point of satellite detectors when solar flares are at their most intense phase of brightness. Students are given x-ray flare data and they re-plot the...
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Modeling the Keeling Curve with Excel
In this modeling the Keeling Curve worksheet, students use given data beginning in 1960 to create a mathematical model for the changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide over time. Students manipulate the equation to predict the carbon...
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Working with Half-Life
In this half-life worksheet, students use a given table of half lives, mass, time and amount of original sample to solve for unknowns in nine given half-life problems.
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Super-Fast Solar Flares!
In this solar flares worksheet, students observe a sequence of figures of a solar flare observed in 2003 from the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager satellite. Students solve 6 problems including finding the scale of each...
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Variables and Expressions from Around the Cosmos
In this variables and expressions worksheet, high schoolers solve 7 problems using different mathematical formulae to find the length of Earth's day in the future, the distance to the galaxy Andromeda, the temperature of a gas cloud...
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Measuring the Speed of a Solar Tsunami!
In this solar tsunami worksheet, students are given three images of the progress of a Morton Wave on the sun. They solve six problems using the images to find the radius of the sun's disk, the scale of the image, and the time that passed...
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The Comet Encke Tail Disruption Event
In this comet tail disruption worksheet, students solve 7 problems using two images from NASA's STEREO satellite showing the breakup of the comet's tail. Students analyze the diagram and use the scale to solve the problems about time,...
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Hard Boiled
In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders investigate what the best method is to time the 15 minutes required to boil an egg. They use two hour glass with different time measurements to answer this question.
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Bug Race
In this motion worksheet, students compare two graphs showing a bug's distance traveled over time. Students calculate the average speed of the bugs and determine which bug was traveling at a constant speed. This worksheet has 1 short...
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Locations of Objects
In this locations of objects worksheet, students solve 5 different problems that include counting objects and determining where each is located. First, they identify the location of each object. Then, students fill-in the correct bubble...
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Class 2: Proportionality
In this proportionality worksheet, students are given 4 short-answer problems regarding change in velocity, time elapsed, point-slope form, and slope-intercept form.