Have you heard of the 13th century mathematician, Leondardo Fibonacci? See examples of his concept of a lattice multiplication algorithm. Several example problems, including an interactive one where students can change the factors, are...

Give these worksheets to students to practice division using the standard algorithm.

In this lesson, learners will explore the US Algorithm Method of multiplication using a unique way of describing it known as the Turtlehead Method. Students will collaboratively work together to complete story problems using the US...

Students will use base 10 manipulatives to build a rectangular array to represent double digit multiplication. Students will make the connection between the standard algorithm and the rectangular array.This lesson plan was created as a...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has student find the level of similarity between two different-length strands of DNA. Connections to Djikstra's algorithm are mentioned, and students learn more to follow careful...

This lesson plan introduced students to algorithms in the context of bank routing numbers (printed on checks). Students learn that the final digit in the routing number serves a specific purpose, and find such digits so that the routing...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the concept of algorithms. Students are at first given a string of cells (one-dimensional), and then told to iterate the cells according to a couple basic...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson helps students understand how diseases, epidemics, etc. are tracked by health organizations. Using the SIR (susceptible, infected, recovered) model, students track the number of...

An in-depth presentation of the algorithm efficiency measurement tool known as Big-O.

A collection of JavaScript programs for generating, formatting, and analyzing short DNA and protein sequences. It is commonly used by molecular biologists, for teaching, and for program and algorithm testing.

This writing sample analyzer takes a sample of writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, and characters in the sample. As it's calculating these statistics it makes estimates as to how many syllables are present in each...

An easy example of pseudocode, the language for designing algorithms, for playing the game of monopoly.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the Art Gallery Problem, in which the number of guards necessary to guard a two-dimensional space (the "art gallery") must be found. This lesson keeps the...

Start coding with algorithms, loops, conditionals, and events and then you'll move on functions. In the second part of this course, design and create a capstone project you can share with your friends and family.

The young scholars will critically think through the traditional algorithm for addition and compare to an alternative strategy.

Sixth graders will be able to model division of fractions by another fraction. Students will be able to divide a fraction by a fraction using the standard algorithm.

Sixth graders fluently add and subtract money with decimals using the standard algorithm.

In this 7-problem quiz/practice. students will understand how the subdivision algorithm works.

Overview of this lesson on animation. In this lesson we are going to uncover a really useful way to construct Bezier curves of various degrees using de Casteljau's algorithm.

This article analyzes problems requiring to allocate a set of rectangular items to larger rectangular standardized units by minimizing the waste. It discusses mathematical models and surveys lower bounds, classical approximation...

Understanding and programming interactive vector motion by calculating an objects acceleration according to a rule stated in Algorithm 3-the object accelerates towards the mouse.

Students will complete a series of learning games to practice addition with standard algorithms.

This interactive site allows students to practice their division skills. At the end of the lesson students will be able to divide mentally using divisibility tests, solve word problems using division strategies, and use a written...

In this lesson plan on subtraction, students will use the break apart strategy, draw a model, or the standard algorithm to subtract 2-digit numbers.