Illustrative Mathematics
High School Graduation
An exercise in finding the approximate time that a name would be called at a graduation. Estimating time may be difficult for some of the class, so this resource would not be a good choice for learning this standard. It does end with a...
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Combined Fuel Efficiency
Practice simplifying complex fractions and long division of polynomials with this brief exercise. These four questions make a challenging warm-up activity or a short, but comprehensive, follow-up after a detailed lesson on algebraic...
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Illustrative Mathematics: Toll Bridge Puzzle
You are on a trip and need to cross a bridge, but you have to pay tolls in coins. Solve this puzzle by making your way to the island only using 100 coins.
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Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Ice Cream Cone
You have been hired by the owner of a local ice cream parlor to assist in his company's new venture. The company will soon sell its ice cream cones in the freezer section of local grocery stores. The manufacturing process requires that...
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Illustrative Mathematics: My Book of Five
Students will be given double-sided counters/dots to complete this activity. They will take five counters in their cupped hands (or a cup), shake them around, pour them onto the desk. Next, they count how many counters are yellow and how...
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Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Gifts From Grandma, Variation 3
This task presents three problems about money spent on grandchildren at a fair. The first problem involves decimal multiplication and the other two require decimal division. The instructional activity includes two additional...
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Illustrative Mathematics: Look for and Express Regularity in Repeated Reasoning
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students. These practices rest on important 'Processes and Proficiency' with longstanding...
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Illustrative Mathematics: Hsa ced.a.2 Create Equations in Two or More Variables
Choose from a variety of creative problems (tasks) to teach how to create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities and graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales. Explanations and...
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Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Inscribing a Square in a Circle
In this lesson, students learn how to inscribe a square in a circle. Aligns with G-CO.D.13
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Art Class, Variation 1
Seventh graders explore proportional relationships using paint colors in this instructional activity.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Art Class, Variation 2
In this lesson plan, 7th graders explore proportional relastionships using paint colors.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Music Companies, Variation 2
For this lesson plan students solve multi-step equations using proportional relationships.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Buying Coffee
In this instructional activity, 7th graders explore the proportional relationship between coffee and the cost.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Selling Computers
Seventh graders use proportional reasoning to determine the amount of sales needed in this lesson.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 2.nbt How Many Days Until Summer Vacation?
This lesson plan has students solving a real world word problem using addition or subtraction.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md Ordering Time
This lesson plan students explore telling time digitally and on an analog clock.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Floor Plan
This lesson plan has students solving word problems using scale drawings.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md, Nbt Jamir's Penny Jar
In this lesson plan students solve word problems involving money and use the symbols correctly.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md Choices, Choices, Choices
In this lesson plan students choose how the money for school supplies was spent.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ee Shrinking
Seventh graders determine the decrease in height over a period of time with this real life lesson.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md Frog and Toad on the Number Line
This lesson plan has students use a number line to compare equations and determine equality.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Map Distance
This lesson plan has students solve problems using scale drawings on a map.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa \$20 Dot Map
In this lesson plan, 1st graders are given a graphic of a map and are to use addition and subtraction to solve the word problem.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 1.g 3 D Shape Sort
As a whole group, students will sort a collection of three-dimensional objects into categories by shape. There should be several that fall into each of the categories below: Aligns with 1.G.A.1.