Worksheet
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Worksheet 24

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, they give conditions on the constants a and b which ensure that x0 is a regular singular point of the equation. Then they write examples of polynomial functions.
Lesson Plan
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How Do You Pay a Complement to an Angle?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe and solve examples of the complementary angle theorem. They complete the How Do You Pay a Complement to an Angle worksheet, and write a response in their math journal.
Lesson Plan
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The Calculus Whiz Who Owned a Box Company

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners use the relationship between volume and surface area to construct a box out of a piece of paper that maximizes volume using a table and by using graphing and calculus techniques.
Lesson Plan
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Reality Check

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice living on a budget. They must plan for rent, utilities, and food and determine if they can afford the luxuries of a phone, car, gas, movies, clothes, etc., using a newspaper to gather their information.
Lesson Plan
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Finding the Measure of Segments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe and solve examples of betweenness, ruler postulate, and segment addition postulate. They complete the Finding the Measure of Segments worksheet using the distance formula.
Lesson Plan
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Speeding By The Numbers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils determine speed by running or walking a given distance and dividing the distance by the time it took them to do so. They record their average speed and compare it with the speeds of other moving objects.
Lesson Plan
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The Five Number Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explain what it means to square numbers. They explain what it means to cube numbers. Students define prime numbers using their own language. They are introduced to the problem by playing one game as a class.
Lesson Plan
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Pyrotechnics

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss pyrotechnics and what they have noticed about their height and speed. They think about the path which fireworks follow which is a parabola. They follow multiplication patterns to determine the Zero Product Property and...
Lesson Plan
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Diagonal Lengths

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect, organize, and analyze data while studying the Pythagorean Theorem, measure length and width of several rectangular objects, and compare the measured results to the calculated results.
Lesson Plan
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Every Breath You Take

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the nature of the air we breathe by observing petri dishes that have accumulated particulate matter from the atmosphere. Students make mathematical calculations and inferences about the effect of this matter on...
Lesson Plan
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Multiplying Polynomials

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Help learners study polynomials. They will review how to multiply polynomials either by using the FOIL method if they are multiplying a binomial by another binomial, or by using the distributive property.
Lesson Plan
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You Can't Go Wrong with a Right Triangle 2

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders use the properties of right angle trignonmetry to measure objects such as the school flagpole. They solve real world problems using these properties.
Lesson Plan
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Finding the Acceleration Due to Gravity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students calculate acceleration due to gravity.
Lesson Plan
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Going My Way (High School Math)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students solve uniform motion problems using formula d = rt.
Lesson Plan
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The Calculus Whiz Who Loved Candy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an equation for finding the volume of a commonly known piece of candy (M&M, Hershey's Kiss, Tootsie Roll Pop, Life Saver, etc.) by using calculus.
Lesson Plan
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Complexity

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
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.
Lesson Plan
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Escape! Survival of the Fittest Grasshopper

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, design a paperclip grasshopper. They determine its ability to survive a prey by jumping high, far, or with a distracting behavior.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Which Is the Better Car Deal?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate whether it is more economically sound to take a low financing rate or rebate when purchasing a car.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Use Exponents and Roots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Ecplore powers and roots and how they are inverse of one another.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Exponents and Roots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore exponents as unit fraction and solve.
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Rational Exponents and Nth Roots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-two problems present a variety of practice working with nth roots and rational exponents. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Roots and Powers in Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
Sophia: Roots and Powers in Equations uses teacher tutorials and online assessments to introduce and analyze concepts such as addition and subtraction in roots, multiplication of roots, division of roots, root to exponent, roots and...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Exponents and Radicals: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on exponents and radicals as they apply to problems involving squares, perfect squares, and square roots.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Exponents & Roots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an explanation of exponents and roots.