Students participate in a two-week real-life math unit. In pairs, they calculate salaries, taxes, and a budget, plan a vacation, buy insurance, make a will, and design a room. They conduct Internet research to plan the vacation, and...

Learners discover the relationship between water availability and population growth. They change variables in a computer model using a worksheet to guide their hypotheses and conclusions. In small groups they choose a country undergoing...

In this calculus worksheet, 11th graders solve functions and rational expressions using the 1st and 2nd derivatives. They calculate the rate of change of an area using the derivative. There are 4 questions.

In this linear equations worksheet, students solve 8 short answer problems. Students write augmented matrices given a system of equations in two and three variables. Students express their answers using an augmented matrix in reduced row...

Sixth graders complete worksheets and make journal entries to interpret mathematical expressions about the pyramids. In this equality by balancing equations lesson plan, 6th graders participate in groups or by themselves to complete...

In this linear equations instructional activity, 6th graders solve and complete 18 different types of problems. First, they combine like terms on one side of the equals sign. Then, students add or subtract like terms and divide by the...

Help young mathematicians build a solid understanding of division with this base ten block activity. With the help of these popular math manipulatives, children model different math problems in order to reinforce the...

It's all about lines when going around. Pupils graph the relationship between the length of a side of a square and its perimeter. Class members explain the origin in context of the side length and perimeter. They compare the graph to the...

How can you make solving radical equations more engaging? Provide your math class with a hands-on activity that focuses on solving radical equations with flash cards. A warm-up and exit ticket flank direct instruction of the steps...

Explore how to deal with fractional and negative exponents. Scholars watch a video reviewing fractional, zero, and negative exponents. After the video, they test their skills by completing a worksheet covering the concepts.

Patterns, patterns, everywhere! Young scholars examine the multiplication table to identify patterns. Their exploration leads to an understanding of the difference of squares and sum of cubes by the completion of the algebra project.

Rewrite a quadratic function to easily see the transformations involved. The instructional task takes a general quadratic function and rewrites it into a form that shows the translations and scaling of the parent quadratic function. The...

Learners step up to the plate as they first complete an assessment task using linear equations to determine the best company from which to buy baseball jerseys. They then evaluate provided sample responses identifying strengths and...

Protect yourself from identity theft! Establishing a strong understanding of the Pythagorean identity allows learners to prove that sine^2x + cos^2x = 1. They then use the identity to find sine or cosine ratios given the other.

At some point, everyone has been under pressure—even Dalton! Explore Dalton's law of partial pressures with young chemists as they measure the volume of air extracted from a sample compared to its original volume. Class...

Middle schoolers explore measurements of rectangles. For this measurement comparison lesson, students discover the length, width, perimeter, and area of two different rectangles. Middle schoolers record their measurements on a chart to...

Pupils solve systems of 2-by-2 linear equations using tables, graphs and substitution. In small groups, classmates work together to discover strategies for solving equations. They use a calculator to graphically represent their answers.

In this implicit differentiation worksheet, students use the microscope approximation method and Euler's method to approximate values at a given point. This two-page worksheet contains five problems.

In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders represent verbal quantitative situations algebraically and evaluate these expressions for given replacement values of the variables. The ten page worksheet contains the directions and instructions...

Learners explore the concepts of commutative, associative, and distributive properties. In this beginning algebra lesson, students discuss the terms "commute", "associate", and "distribute" and how they correlate with the related...

In this combining like terms instructional activity, 9th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include like terms. First, they identify the like terms in each equation. Then, students add all like terms together, making...

Sixth graders use the example of a gift wrapping service found in the mall in order to create a problem situation that can be solved mathematically. They convert the word problem into algebraic expressions to be solved.

In this math worksheet, middle schoolers solve the problems that involve linear equations. They substitute the values given for each variable.

In this equations worksheet, 4th graders solve 8 problems in which the value of the variable is identified after testing the 4 possibilities provided.