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Sampling Variability in the Sample Proportion (part 1)
Increase your sample and increase your accuracy! Scholars complete an activity that compares sample size to variability in results. Learners realize that the greater the sample size, the smaller the range in the distribution of sample...
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Real World Equations and Inequalities
Use of the resource = Opportunities for increased learning. Learners must use equations and inequalities to solve real-world and geometric problems.
EngageNY
Why Were Logarithms Developed?
Show your class how people calculated complex math problems in the old days. Scholars take a trip back to the days without calculators in the 15th installment of a 35-part module. They use logarithms to determine products of numbers and...
Texas Instraments
Getting Started Dilemma
Get out those thinking caps and apply graphing functions to a real-world problem. Use the TI-83 graphing calculator to evaluate algebraic expressions that are imbedded in a series of real-world scenarios. A great activity!
Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
Number Sense and Numeration: Exponents
On a three-page assignment, number crunchers will examine the laws of exponents and apply them to a variety of problems. They write expressions in exponential form or as repeated multiplication. They evaluate and simplify exponential...
Illustrative Mathematics
Placing a Square Root on the Number Line
There are many ways to approach finding the rational approximation of an unknown square root. Here is a problem that will help math learners make a connection between square roots and their order on a number line. As usual, determine two...
Curated OER
Column Addition practice 4.6
In this adding columns activity, students add two-digit and three-digit numbers, use symbols to compare pairs of addition problems, and solve word problems. Students solve nineteen problems.
Virginia Department of Education
Linear Modeling
An inquiry-based algebra instructional activity explores real-world applications of linear functions. Scholars investigate four different situations that can be modeled by linear functions, identifying the rate of change, as well as the...
Curated OER
The Remainder Theorem Using TI-Nspire CAS
Investigate the Remainder Theorem in this algebra lesson. Explore the relationship between the remainders of polynomial division and the function. Each of the four problems gets progressively more complicated. This might be a great...
Curated OER
Manipulatives Make Abstract Math Concepts Concrete
Using math lessons that include manipulatives can help cement learning.
Curated OER
Polynomials: Factors, Roots and Zeroes
Students factor polynomial equations. In this algebra lesson, students identify the zeros of the equations. They use algebra to rewrite word problems using symbols.
Curated OER
Candy Cane Problem
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders calculate how many candy canes and ornaments are on each person's Christmas tree. They are given specific clues to help them calculate their answers. There are 2 questions with an answer key.
Curated OER
Word Problems with Exponents
In this Algebra I instructional activity, 9th graders solve work word problems in which the generated equation contains fractional coefficients. The four page instructional activity contains two problems in which students are guided...
Curated OER
Houghton Mifflin Math: Grade 6, Chapter 12 Investigation
In this math word problem instructional activity, 6th graders use their problem solving skills to examine 1 story problem that requires them to set up and solve an algebra problem.
Curated OER
Relating Algebra to Geometry
Learners investigate the connection that exists between Algebra and Geometry. They classify two and three-dimensional figures. Pupils use formulas to solve problems in geometry and use appropriate measuring devices in the right contexts.
Curated OER
Problem Solving Using Math
Learners solve real life scenarios using algebra. In this word problem lesson, students use different websites dealing with engineering as it relates to the real world and math. They use other resources such as magazines to solve word...
Curated OER
Digit Cells
For this algebra worksheet, students rewrite a word problem using algebraic symbols to find the digit in the first cell and tell how many zeros are in the entire digit number. There is an answer key.
Curated OER
Applied Trigonometry Problems
In this applied trigonometry problems worksheet, students solve 12 short answer word problems. Students use trigonometric ratios to find angles of elevation and depression. Students find distances between objects using trigonometric...
Curated OER
Square Roots
In this square roots worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that include simplifying with negative numbers. First, they identify the negative number in each equation and pull out from under the radical sign as i. Then,...
Curated OER
The 3x3x3 Problem
In this algebra activity, students rewrite word problems using algebraic expressions. They use a 3x3 grid to help decipher the missing word. There are 11 puzzles to be solved with an answer key.
Curated OER
Farmers' market, Chickens, Geese
In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite a word problem using algebraic expressions to calculate the cost of the chicken and the goose. There is an answer key.
Curated OER
Marriage Problem
In this algebra worksheet, students solve word problems involving marriage and children to explore the concept of algebraic equations. There is an answer key with this word problem.
Curated OER
MHP Problems
In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite word problems using algebraic expressions and equations. There is an answer key with this word problem.
Curated OER
Math Aptitude Test # 3
In this algebra learning exercise, students answer word problems using everyday scenario. The problems are given in a riddle form to make it a brain teaser and grab the students' attention. There are 32 problems to be solved.