Illustrative Mathematics
Christo’s Building
Hook your charges on how to solve a real-world art problem with mathematics by showing works of Christo. You can find eye-catching images on the Christo and Jeanne Claude webpage. Here, math learners help Jean Claude and Christo prepare...
Illustrative Mathematics
Chocolate Bar Sales
For this real-world example, algebra learners start to get a sense of how to represent the relationship between two variables in different ways. They start by looking at a partial table of values that define a linear relationship. They...
CK-12 Foundation
Integers that Represent Different Situations: Football Field
A football-themed interactive focuses on integers. Seven questions challenge scholars to show what they know by way of short answers, multiple-choice, and true or false. An open-ended question followed by a discussion concludes the...
Curated OER
Football Math
Develop an understanding of positive and negative numbers using football. Pupils create a football field and game pieces. The teacher gives plays and the pupils move pieces to see who wins the game.
Illustrative Mathematics
Voting for Three, Variation 2
Here is another opportunity for math young scholars to apply reasoning to solve real-world problems with ratios. The ratio of the number of votes for two candidates is provided. Your class is asked to use this ratio and information given...
Illustrative Mathematics
Doctor's Appointment
Geometric volume calculations are brought into the real world in a quick set of application problems. Learners are asked to help a patient figure out how to drink a prescribed amount of water both at work and at home. This activity...
Curated OER
Everyday Problems with Decimals
Review word problems and decimals with a worksheet that features everyday problems for your students to solve. Six problems provide space for both work and the solution, reinforcing the importance of showing one's work in word problems....
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Weed killer
Is buying in bulk always better? In this real-world scenario, learners must decide which weed killer is the best bargain. Learners work with units and percentages to calculate cost per fluid ounce.
Illustrative Mathematics
Voting for Three, Variation 1
This is an opportunity for young mathematicians to apply reasoning to solve real-world problems with ratios. Even though there are three candidates for class president, students will only consider two at a time, making the first problem...
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Bacteria Populations
Your young microbiologists will interpret and solve exponential equations in this real-world context task set in a hospital research scenario. Learners think in terms of the functions as well as their rates of change.
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Reading Charts
How well can your third graders interpret data from a chart? Use this straightforward worksheet to reinforce problem-solving skills. After reading a school schedule, pupils answer ten questions about the information in the chart. A great...
EngageNY
Linear Models
Expand your pupils' vocabulary! Learn how to use statistical vocabulary regarding linear models. The lesson teaches scholars the appropriate terminology for bivariate data analysis. To complete the module, individuals use linear...
DK Publishing
Using the 5 Times Tables, Part 3
Could your third graders use some more practice on the five times table? Six word problems guide pupils through the steps to solve multiplication and division problems with multiples of five. Two examples show them exactly how to use the...
Curated OER
Changing It Up
How should a cashier stock a cash register with coins? Learners use mathematical modeling and expected value to determine how many rolls of coins of each type they should place in a cash register.
Curated OER
Math Cross--Puzzle #1
In this addition, subtraction and multiplication worksheet, students complete a math crossword puzzle as they complete twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication problems.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #3
In this associative property worksheet, students complete a math crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and/or multiplication problems.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #6
In this money worksheet, students complete a math crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight math problems associated with dollars and coins.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #5
In this inches and feet worksheet, students fill in a math crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication problems involving inches and feet.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #2
In this number patterns learning exercise, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication math problems.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #11
In this time learning exercise, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication problems involving days, weeks and hours.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #13
In this mathematical calculation activity, learners fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication problems going across and down.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #18
In this money learning exercise, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication math problems involving different types of coins and money.
Curated OER
"Andy Works for Charity"
Explore a real-word math problem with your class. Strengthen their problem-solving strategies by coming up with an answer to a money question. They work in groups to determine the answer. Also, they share with the class the various...
Mathalicious
Out of Left Field
A baseball trajectory and a parabola seem to make the best pair in real-world quadratic applications. Here is a current baseball resource with questions, discussions, and explorations regarding a quadratic function and home run...