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Intro to Polynomials
Seventh graders participate in a lesson introducing the mathematical concept of polynomials. They are asked questions and assessed according to the answers given during working in small groups.
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Angles and Algebra
Students calculate angle measure for triangles and complementary/supplementary angles. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice.
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Polynomial Functions
In this Algebra II instructional activity, 11th graders classify polynomials by degree, write in standard form, and describe the behavior of the graph. The two page instructional activity provides explanation and examples along with...
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Are You a Radical or Just a Square Root?
Fourth graders discover that the inverse of squaring is finding a square root. and that square roots are found in many formulas used in many disciplines. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan that gives them quite a bit of...
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Using Variables And Ratios To Get You in the Right Gear
Students examine the use of variable and ratio in everyday situations including figuring out the gear ratios for the gears on a 12 speed bike. They use the bubble sort technique to write a computer program which will determine the...
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Summer 1999, MA 123: Cumulative Review
In this math activity, students work to complete the review for a final part of an Algebra II class. The sheet has review problems.
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Factors and Greatest Common Factor
In this factors and greatest common factor activity, 9th graders solve and complete 14 different problems. First, they state whether each number is prime or composite. Then, students find the prime factorization. In addition, they factor...
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Complexity
Students perform mathematical operations on complex numbers. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice performing operations on complex numbers.
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Exploding Numbers
Students discuss how numbers increase when exponential growth is occurring. They view a video and compare exponential and linear growth with a graphing calculator.
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Roots and Radical Expressions
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders simplify radical expressions. The two page worksheet contains explanation, worked example, and three practice problems. Answers are not included.