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Potty Math
You don't want to flush your money down the drain! Have your classes complete a financial comparison between two different types of toilets. They use linear modeling to determine the most cost-effective model.
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Time Dilation and Geometry
Students solve problems of dilation and velocity. In this geometry lesson plan, students apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems and relate it to time and velocity.
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Operating on Matrices
Learners investigate matrices by exploring addition, subtraction and multiplication of matrices. Students find the determinant and inverse of a matrix. The lesson includes a set of practice problems
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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.
Bowland
Olympic Cycling
Teach teenagers to think critically about data. Young data analysts must create two questions that can be answered using a provided data set on Olympic cycling times. Of course, they then have to answer their questions using mathematics.
Education Development Center
Geography of the Coordinate Plane
Put the graph into graphing and allow learners to understand the concept of point plotting and how it relates to data. The worksheet provides a nice way to connect data analysis to a graph and make predictions. The worksheets within...
Florida Center for Instructional Technology
The Shadow Knows: Student Worksheet
How can you measure the height of a tree or telephone pole with only a short measuring tape? It's not a problem when you start by measuring your shadow and your height to create a ratio to use with taller objects. Additional...
Illustrative Mathematics
Throwing Baseballs
This is a wonderful exercise for learners to apply their critical thinking skills along with their knowledge of quadratic functions and parabolas. Young mathematicians investigate a real-world scenario about the height a baseball reaches...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 8: Modeling Data
Statistics come front and center in this unit all about analyzing discrete data. Real-world situations yield data sets that the class then uses to tease out connections and conclusions. Beginning with the basic histogram and...
College Board
2004 AP® Calculus AB Free-Response Questions Form B
The test is not all about skills. The six free-response questions contain two real-world application problems. Those items deal with populations and velocities. The other four questions ask pupils to show their knowledge of calculus...
College Board
2007 AP® Calculus AB Free-Response Questions Form B
What do the questions look like? Six free-response questions provide pupils with knowledge of how calculus topics appear on the AP® Calculus exam. The questions involve calculator and non-calculator problems by providing mathematical and...
College Board
2005 AP® Calculus BC Free-Response Questions Form B
Let's put it in context. Pupils use the AP® Calculus BC free-response questions to practice for the exam. Five of the six released items deal with mathematical problems, with one using a real-world situation. Learners use differentiation...
Flipped Math
Calculus AB/BC - Rates of Change in Applied Contexts Other Than Motion
Stay a while—and learn about rates of change. Scholars learn about rates of change not related to motion by watching an informative video. They see how to interpret derivatives in different contexts, paying particular attention to...
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Modular Arithmetic
Students investigate modular arithmetic and how to use it to solve real world problems. In this modular arithmetic lesson, students use computers to work on modular arithmetic after a teacher guided lesson. They complete guided practice...
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Pets Math Word Problems
In this math word problems worksheet, students read the 2 story problems on the page, each of which has to do with pets. They then use the work space to solve the answer, and then write it on the blank provided.
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Word Addition Problems
In this word addition problems practice activity, students use their problems solving skills to solve 5 math word problems that require them to add.
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Word Addition Problems #2
For this word addition problems practice worksheet, students use their problems solving skills to solve 5 math word problems that require them to add.
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Mixed Operations Math Word Problems 2
In this math word problems worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
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Word Problems
In this word problems worksheet, students read the word problems and use multiple operations to solve the problems. Students complete 5 word problems.
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Word Problems
In this word problems instructional activity, learners read the word problems and use multiple operations to solve the problems. Students solve 6 problems.
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Math Word Problems: Chapter 1 Investgation
In this math investigation worksheet, 4th graders read facts pertaining to the Seattle Space Needle. Students note the numbers used to count and those used to measure in the description.
Illustrative Mathematics
Firefighter Allocation
Creating equations with one variable to solve real-world-type problems is a key skill any algebra learner needs to master. Here the focus is on realizing that one can write the equation in different ways depending upon how one...
Teach Engineering
Win that Bid! Selling Your Power Solution
Power up! Class members research a type of power production using a great resource featuring a real-world problem. Groups select a type of power generation and pretend that they represent an engineering firm for their chosen power type....
University of Houston
Volume for Rectangular Prisms
Upper graders define perimeter and area of a rectangle, estimate numbers of cubes and determine the maximum amount that will fit in a given space. In this math lesson plan, pupils complete related worksheet, build prisms and find volume...