New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 13
The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Challenging Problems: Capacity in Liters Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems involving metric capacity word problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Challenging Problems About Capacity in Liters Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are presented with word problems involving metric capacity that they must read carefully in order to answer the questions. An...
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Problem Solving Database
Need some challenging problem-solving work for your students in the following areas: Discrete, Geometry, Numbers, and Code Breaking? This is the place for an enormous database of problems aimed at high school age students. They are...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Challenge Problems: Inscribed Shapes
Solve three challenging problems that apply properties of inscribed shapes to find an arc length or a missing angle.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Challenge Problems: Inscribed Angles
Solve two challenging problems that apply the inscribed angle theorem to find an arc measure or an arc length.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Challenge Problems: Radius & Tangent
Solve two challenging problems that apply properties of tangents to find the radius of a circle with a tangent.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Challenge Problems: Circumscribing Shapes
Solve two challenging problems that apply properties of tangents to find the perimeter of a circumscribing shape.
Other
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: Moody's Mega Math Challenge
An annual Internet-based high school competition in applied mathematics is sponsored by Moody's Foundation. The Challenge brings together high school teams of three to five players who work on a realistic problem solving situation. The...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Math TV
Weekly Math Tv Problem Solving Videos
This resource offers two different topic problems per week for students to solve. A video showing the method to solve each problem is given. After viewing a solution method for solving the problem try one on your own where you can only...
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NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: What's the Problem? [Pdf]
Adult learners are a challenging group to reach when teaching basic mathematical skills. This guide presents ideas and worksheets for teaching them how to solve word problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Total Length Challenge Problems (Grade 4)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A practice quiz where students must solve multi-step problems about elapsed length and distance.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Challenging Multi Step Money Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to solve multi-step word problems involving money. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:26] and a set of...
Math Playground
Math Playground: Problem Solving Videos
"Rated 'M' for middle school," Math TV invites you to tune in each week for videos of word problems being solved. Back episodes are available in subjects such as percentages, number sense, and fractions. Watch a problem worked out, then...
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Lunes
A "three star" geometry problem where some experience of math problem solving skills and knowledge of circles is recommended to solve this lunes (parts of a circles) area problem
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Triangle in a Square
A "three star" geometry problem requiring some prior knowledge in math and proofs to maximize the area of an inscribed triangle in terms of the hypotenuse.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Ice Cream Cone
Is summer close yet? Think about this yummy ice cream treat in a mathematical way! A problem of volume is posed for an ice cream cone.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Chequered Floor
A problem involving patterns to find the solution to this sequence problem.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Blonde Hair Brown Eyes
A problem involving fractions to determine the fraction of people in a class that have brown eyes.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Maximum Square
A challenging proof like geometry of finding the square inscribed in a triangle.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Rectangular Circles
An area problem involving finding the area of a rectangle and a circle. The problem may be made into a general proof as well.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Glass in the Door
Use your knowledge of volume and weight to solve this posed problem of finding the weight of a glass in a door.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Shaded Triangle
A great geometry problem of area, encorperating many learned skills.