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Garden Variety Geometry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
A home improvement plan can help adult learners preparation for the GED exam. They review vocabulary, prepare diagrams, complete a worksheet, calculate perimeters and analyze how to approach a story problem. They identify many geometry...
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Using the GED Calculator

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are provided with a a Casio FX-260 to use during a GED test. They may not bring their own but this lesson enables them to practice with one before taking the test. This calculator is used to double check work and step by step...
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The GED Test: Who Passed?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the importance of reading with understanding in order to pass the GED. For this literacy lesson, students discuss how important reading for understanding is in order for them to pass the GED. Students also calculate...
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Math Training Module: Using the Internet in Support of GED Math Instruction, Session One: Overview

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students brainstorm about math they do every day, and explore relevant web sites to find definitions of "numeracy." They then explain relevance of the definitions of numeracy to their own instructional practices.
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Reading to Calculate

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars follow directions utilizing the Casio calculator to accurately solve calculations involving fractions in preparation for the math portion of the GED test. They stress the ability of reading instructions precisely and...
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Math! What's It All About?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders determine what procedures they use to solve a problem and what areas of math they have difficulties with. In conjunction with their GED preparation, 12th graders review various ways to complete math problems and achieve...
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Math: Using the Internet In the GED Classroom

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders, who teach GED classes, investigate online discussion groups about math instruction. They use handouts as guidelines for exporing the Websites and answer questions based on their findings. Upon completion of the...
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GED Math: Internet Support for Varied Solution Methods

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders, who teach GED classes, discuss math as an individual problem solving process rather than as a single method of getting the right answer. They visit Websites dealing with math problem solving situations and answer...
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The Shortest Distance

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, working on their GED, examine the steps used to resolve the unknown sides of a right triangle. They express the square root function as an exponential function and derive the distance formula using principles of geometry.
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Information at a Glance - Using Tables in Mathematics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create table to display GED Testing data located in paragraph provided by teacher, use information in table to create appropriate graph, and determine percentage difference between passing scores and failing scores.
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Reading to Calculate

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore uses of the calculator. They explore using reading strategies to solve problems. Students recognize when calculators are useful. They construct real life situations for calculator use.
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Introduction to Area

For Teachers Higher Ed
For this area worksheet, students find the area of four rectangles when given the drawings with grid markings inside each. They use the area formula to find the area of five rectangles. This worksheet is intended to be used as a part of...
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Garden Variety Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners prepare to take the GED by reviewing basic math concepts. In this geometry lesson, students review vocabularies such as formula, perimeter, circumference and other important geometric terms. They convert between the English and...
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Investing for the Future

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders perform basic calculations for saving and investment strategies. they simulate the investment of $1,000 in the stock market and savings account. they determine which pays the greater dividend.
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Budget Mania

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine examples of budgets and explore the difficulties of living on a budget. The hands-on activity offers an opportunity to experience a real life application.
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What's My BMI?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners construct the Metric Pyramid from the handout. They use the Metric Pyramid to convert from standard to metric measure and vice versa. They compute their own Body Mass Index.
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Ice Cream

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the concepts of mean, median, mode, and range as they elicit data about people's favorite flavor of ice cream. A practical application of the data obtained offers an extension to the lesson plan.
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Budget Mania

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine several examples of budgets to develop a facility with the components of its formation. Income, expenses, and expenditures are considered and itemized for this lesson.
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Working with Percentages

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete basic operations using percentages in a variety of real world situations. Discounts are computed and compared to a variety of prices listed in local newspaper advertisements.
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Applying Central Tendency

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders calculate the mean, median, and mode of various wages. They apply these skills to asking for pay raises. They discuss whether the mean, median, or mode provide the highest wage increase.
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Completing Simple Tax Forms

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice filling out IRS 1040 EZ forms. They discuss various ways people pay taxes. They assess the importance of W-2 forms and apply skills using the IRS tax table to compute how much money is owed or returned.
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Do Deductibles Matter?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss insurance and the cost of automobile insurance. They compare and contrast the costs of insurance from different companies. They figure the savings from the lowest deductible to the highest deductible.
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The Stock Market

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the loss and gain made in the stock market as they invest a sum of money and report the results as percentages instead of points.
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Percent Box

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the procedures to determine a number when the percentage of the whole is known or to find the whole number when the part or percentage is known.

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