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Shopping
Students do a shopping simulation in order to have a chance to apply their math skills in a real life fashion. They decide how much money they have, what they want to buy, if they have enough money and how much change they should get back.
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Challenge: Vacation Plans-Word Problems
In this word problem worksheet, learners use a chart of arrival and departure times to solve a set of 3 word problems. A reference web site is given for additional information.
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Ice Cream Scoop
In this data display learning exercise, students write 6 flavors of ice cream on pieces of paper. Students choose papers one at a time and keep track on a tally sheet. Students make a bar graph of the results.
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Problem Solving: Percent Problems
In this percent instructional activity, learners solve a set of 6 word problems; all problems relate to percent. Students are given "hints" to help solve problems 1 and 2.
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Jody's Submarine Sandwich
In this science worksheet, learners read a word problem about a submarine sandwich. Students answer 2 questions about the problem and complete a chart about the number of bacteria in the sandwich at different times.
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Catholic Schools in the Community
Learners are provided with a multimedia Power Point presentation that explains the educational opportunities that are available at the St. Mary Catholic School. They are presented with all facts along with the community as a whole and...
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Beautiful Bugs
Students investigate the life cycle of ants, ladybugs, and butterflies. They list the four stages of the butterfly life cycle, define symmetry and observe how ants make homes in dirt.
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Money and Banking
Students investigate percents and interest. In this algebra lesson, students invest money in a bank account and calculate the interest rate they receive over time. They convert percents to decimals and solve problems using percents.
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Using Inequalities to Solve Problems
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students use inequalities to solve verbal problems. The one page worksheet contains a combination of seven multiple choice and free response questions. Answers are included
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A Sweet Story: Estimation
In this estimation story problem worksheet, students read a rhyme about Pop's candy store inventory and solve and explain word problems answers. Students solve five problems.
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'The Big Top Carnival Caper' and use the information within the story to help them solve the problem. Students determine the cost of balloons for every 10th person who...
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Women In Aviation
In this aviation lesson plan, students take an electronic field trip to the Aviation Museum of Kentucjy. In the process the lesson plan looks at women in aviation history. The focus is upon how they could be considered heroes or role...
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Time Word Problems
In this time worksheet, students complete word problems dealing with elapsed time. Students complete 10 word problems on this worksheet.
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Grocery Shopping and Budgeting
Ninth graders establish a food budget based on individual needs and resources. They evaluate grocery stores and establish guidelines for purchasing specific foods.
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Exploring Literature and Weather through Chirps
Students explore and experience information about temperature changes by using crickets' chirps to calculate the temperature. The data is applied to formula and the temperatures are calculated.
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Let's Go Shopping with $500
Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...
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Jumping Jaguars!
Second graders accurately measure the distances they and their classmates jump. They determine the mean, median and mode of specific jumps. They are required to have two measurements for each classmate, one for standing long jump and one...
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Capacity and Volume
Second graders estimate capacities, compare pints and quarts, and identify pints and quarts.
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Geometry: Practical Applications of the Distance Formula
Students, working independently and in groups, apply the distance formula to practical situations. After solving various problems, students in pairs design coordinate planes from the school blue print to measure the distance from the...
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Addition of Decimals (pg 1)
In this addition worksheet, students add decimals to the hundredths place in 9 problems. There are 8 problems where students add 4.99 and 4 problems adding 9.99. The worksheet works with British currency.
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Addition of Decimals
In this addition of decimals activity, students solve 9 addition problems only in their heads and write down their answers. Students add $5.99 to 8 amounts of money and $9.99 to 4 amounts of money.
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Addition of Decimals
In this addition of decimals instructional activity, learners work out 9 addition problems in their heads, add $4.99 to 8 amounts of money and $9.99 to 4 amounts of money.
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Leveled Problem Solving Sampling Errors
In this sampling errors worksheet, students problem solve to find the sampling errors for each word problem. Students finish by finding a sampling method that might bias the last surveys.
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Time Problems ( Hours)
In this telling time worksheet, students read the word problems and solve the time problems by writing the answer for the time in hours.