101 Questions
Jam Session
Don't let the learning in your classroom get jammed up! Intrigue your scholars with an open-ended scenario to explore. A video presentation shows a challenging stretch of road that is susceptible to traffic jams. The task is to determine...
101 Questions
Pea Problem
Understanding volume means less mess in the kitchen. Viewers observe a can of peas and a small bowl. They must determine if all of the peas from the can fit into the bowl without spilling using volume formulas to solve the equation.
101 Questions
Laying Sod
Lay out a firm understanding of trigonometry. Scholars watch a video recording of a worker laying sod on a lawn. Given the dimensions of each piece of sod and the lawn, they determine how many pieces of sod are necessary. Trigonometry...
Concord Consortium
Hockey Pucks
Package design is a mathematical task for any business. Young scholars use a package design to determine the number of packages required for specific shipments. Using ratios, proportions, and fractions, they make decisions about the best...
Radford University
Remodeling a Home
Get new flooring for as cheap as possible. Given a floor plan of a house, pupils determine the area of each room and the amount of necessary flooring. They then make selections for the flooring in every space, taking a budget into...
Curated OER
Problem-Solving: Use Money problem solving 20.9
In this solving consumer math word problems worksheet, students write answers showing the steps to understand, plan, solve, and check their answers. Students write four answers.
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Calculating the Cost of a "Sound Basic Education"
Young scholars state their opinions about school funding and the use of monetary resources by school districts and use reasons, facts, and examples to support their ideas. They compare sets of data related to school funding and draw...
Curated OER
Shop 'Til You Drop
Students evaluate food prices. In this real world math lesson plan, students compare the cost of various grocery items to determine which is the best deal. They work in groups using grocery ads to decide how to get the most product for...
Curated OER
Intercepting Villans Using the Correct Rate
A Cyberchase video introduces the distance = rate x time equation. Participants then calculate answers to proposed problems and graph a series of results that is then incorporated into a game to help cement the concept. A thorough and...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Subtraction with Regrouping
Learning how to regroup when subtracting numbers can be challenging and requires a solid understanding of place value. Walk your class through the steps with a clear and explicit presentation that addresses standard regrouping and...
Discovery Education
Architects in Action
Hands-on and real-world applications are great ways to teach mathematical concepts. Creative thinkers examine how ratios are used to create scale models of buildings and structures. They practice working with ratios by looking at a map...
Curated OER
Making Money and Spreading the Flu!
Paper folding, flu spreading in a school, bacteria growth, and continuously compounded interest all provide excellent models to study exponential functions. This is a comprehensive resource that looks at many different aspects of these...
Mt. San Antonio Collage
Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
Starting with the basics, learners discover the features of a parabola and the ways to accurately graph it. After pupils practice with graphing, the end of the worksheet focuses on application type problems.
Mt. San Antonio Collage
Graphs of Rational Functions
Sometimes graphing rational functions can feel a little "irrational." Starting with the basics, learners work their way through the pieces of these graphs and finish off with an application question.
College Board
2013 AP® Calculus BC Free-Response Questions
Apply the skills to problems to ace the AP test. Free-response questions require scholars to take calculus skills and apply them to situations. Pupils use the questions to see how those situations appear on an upcoming exam. Teacher use...
Curated OER
Linear Systems: Applications of Eiginvalues
In this Eigenvalue and Eigenvector worksheet, students examine the applications of matrix exponentiation. This four-page worksheet provides explanations and examples, as well as three problems to complete.
Curated OER
Applications of Quadratic Functions
In this math activity, learners investigate the quadratic functions. They solve the word problems while writing the new algebra expressions.
Curated OER
Sunshine Math- 1
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7 word problems that include telling time, maps, place value, fractions, and patterns. Note: The first page of this looks slanted, but is legible.
Curated OER
Yes and No
In this early childhood math problem solving instructional activity, students examine 3 word problems and then respond to the yes or no questions that follow each.
Curated OER
Subtract All, Some, or None
In this subtraction skills practice worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 3 math word problems. Students should use math drawings to help them solve the problems.
Curated OER
Problem-Solving Application: Use Circle Graphs
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze the information in a circle graph about recess activities. Students use this graph to solve 2 application problems.
Curated OER
Problem-Solving Application: Visual Thinking
In this problem solving application activity, students use visual thinking and reasoning in order to help them go through 4 steps to solve a math word problem.
Curated OER
Problem-Solving Application: Use a Graph: Problem Solving
In this graph usage activity, students read the word problem and then learn to use a math graph by following the steps of understand, plan, solve, and look back.
Curated OER
Acorn Math: Count by Two
In this counting by numbers worksheet, 1st graders use the acorn pictures to assist them in counting by two. Students also solve a word problem with the sum already given and they must subtract by two to find the original equation....
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