Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 3
Students use ratios to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. It was necessary to get more than half the votes to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 4
Students use ratio reasoning to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. John got two votes for every vote Will got. It was necessary to get more than half the votes to get elected. What...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 2
Students use ratios to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. How many more votes did John get than Will?
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Voting for Two, Variation 1
John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. How many votes did each get? Aligns with 6.RP.A.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Mangos for Sale
Students use ratios and unit rates to answer this performance task.
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Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Arithmetic Sequences and Series
When you're finished with this tutorial you'll know what an arithmetic sequence is and how to perform tasks related to this type of sequence: find the nth term, write the formula for the nth term, and calculate an arithmetic series....
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Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Logarithmic Functions
This clear tutorial provides the definition of a logarithmic function as well as instruction on how to perform important tasks with them. Find step-by-step solutions to example problems and practice exercises for you to complete and check.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Kendall's Vase Tax
Students use percentage and addition to answer this real-world math performance task: Kendall bought a vase that was priced at $450. In addition, she had to pay 3% sales tax. How much did she pay for the vase?
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Dana's House
Students use ratio and rate to solve this real-world math performance task: The lot that Dana is buying for her new one story house is 35 yards by 50 yards. Dana's house plans show that her house will cover 1,600 square feet of land....
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Currency Exchange
Students use ratio and rate to answer this performance task: Joe was planning a business trip to Canada, so he went to the bank to exchange $200 U.S. dollars for Canadian dollars (at a rate of $1.02 CDN per $1 US). On the way home from...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7 Sp Mr. Brigg's Class Likes Math
A multi-step performance task word problem: In a poll of Mr. Briggs's math class, 67% of the students say that math is their favorite academic subject. The editor of the school paper is in the class, and he wants to write an article for...
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Geometric Sequences and Series
Learn what a geometric sequence is and how to perform several related tasks: find the nth term, write the formula for the nth term, and calculate a finite geometric series. This tutorial offers definitions, example problems with...
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Arts Now Learning: Problem Solving With Movement [Pdf]
In this lesson, student groups are assigned word problems. They are tasked with solving their problems using dance and then choreographing answers to their problems. These are performed for the class and the associations made by the...