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Growth and Decay
In this math worksheet, students compute the annual rate of appreciation or depreciation in a set of 7 problems. Each problem involves a given amount of money (or value) and indicates the percent of appreciation or depreciation.
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Entrepreneur Profit Balloon Game with Physical Education
Fourth graders explore business by participating in physical activities. In this entrepreneur lesson, 4th graders define profit and how it is necessary to run a successful business. Students pop balloons with monetary values inside and...
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Lesson 2: Savings Accounts and U.S. Savings Bonds
Students explore the importance of savings accounts and U.S. Savings Bonds. They study the concept of simple interest through a math activity.
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Students simulate purchasing a car. They use various search engines on the Internet to research the car purchase. Students investigate types of cars, trade in value, insurance costs, interest rates and monthly costs.
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Give Me Five, Cents That Is
Students explore coins, especially the nickel, through a toy cash register, worksheet, and paper nickels.
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Introduction To Earning Interest
Pupils engage in a lesson on interest and bank savings accounts. They see why people deposit money at banks and other financial institutions and explain that interest is paid on an annual, monthly or quarterly basis.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska:Cutting Cordwood
Students solve problems and answer questions about two young men attemtping to earn money by cutting cords of wood.
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Determining Mercantile Volume of a Pine Tree
Fourth graders, acting as foresters, determine timber volumes as sawtimber or pulpwood for marketing. They find the marketable value of a tree using its diameter and volume.
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Decimals: Worksheet 2
In this decimal worksheet, students solve a total of 31 decimal problems including: writing decimals, determining the smaller of 3 decimals, determining place value, rounding, filling in missing numbers and word problems.
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Whole Numbers: Worksheet 2
In this whole number worksheet, students write numbers in words, write word phrases in numbers, determine place value, fill in missing numbers, round, estimate, and place numbers in ascending order.
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Inflation
Learners compare prices then and now. They use the calculated rate of inflation to figure out the equivalent prices today for items sold at the fair and money earned in 1864. They calculate the actual value of a bowl of soup, a dinner,...
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The Yo-Yo Problem: Solving Linear Equations
Students compute the length of time it will take to save enough money to purchase a yo-yo. In this math lesson, students create a design with pennies and write the associated linear equation. In this linear equations lesson, students use...
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Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction With Regrouping
Second graders access prior knowledge of addition and subtraction using two-digit numbers and calculate easily with them. In this three-digit addition lesson, 2nd graders learn to add and subtract three-digit numbers with and without...
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South Dakota Quarter Reverse: Four Famous Faces
Students recognize the faces of the four presidents on the South Dakota quarter reverse. After discussing the duties and responsibilities of presidents, they list the contributions of the four presidents. They decide which presidents are...
Rainforest Alliance
Investments in Forest Carbon
One hundred metric tons of CO2 can accumulate in one acre of forest over time—that's a lot of carbon! In the activity, groups of middle school learners determine what makes forests important. They then solidify the concept by using a...
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Water from the Well
How much water does it take to brush your teeth? How about to wash your clothes? Perform an experiment that measures water usage in everyday tasks and compares them to the days before indoor plumbing, specifically the California gold...
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Thirty Exponential Application Problems
In this exponential worksheet, students solve thirty application problems. These problems cover compound interest, continuously compounded interest, and exponential growth models.
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Represent Whole Numbers and Decimals
In this representing whole numbers and decimals practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Subtract Across Zeros
In this subtraction worksheet, students read 6 story problems in which larger numbers are subtracted with borrowing across zeros.
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A.P. Calculus Practice Exam AB Version- Section I- Part B
In this A. P. Calculus AB worksheet, students solve seventeen multiple-choice problems with a graphing calculator. This worksheet is designed as a practice test for the A.P. Exam and should be timed.
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AP Calculus Practice Exam
In this Calculus worksheet, learners are provided with practice problems for their exam. Topics covered include derivatives, area bounded by a curve, local maximum, instantaneous rate of change, and the volume of a solid of revolution. ...
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AP Calculus Practice Exam
In this Calculus worksheet, students are provided with questions that are reflective of the content of their exam. Topics covered include derivatives, volume of a solid of rotation, local maximum and minimum, and integration. The one...
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Leveled Problem Solving Adding Integers
Using a number line, 6th graders solve problems involving adding integers. Using this activity on adding integers, students can practice the basic operation and how to apply this skill to real-life examples.
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Division of Monomials
Middle schoolers relate the division of monomials to multiplication. In this division of monomials lesson, students divide monomials by factoring and dividing common factors from the originals. They check their answers by multiplication....