In this video, life-size replicas help demonstrate one-dimensional scaling and the ratio relationship between two real-world quantities. The accompanying classroom activity helps students understand how ratios and proportions can help...

In this KQED infographic, find out how much an adult in different-sized households needs to make to pay for basic monthly living expenses. In the accompanying classroom activity, students solve real-life problems involving rate and ratio...

Using this infographic, learn how wage equity today compares with data from 50 years ago, at the dawn of the equal pay movement. The accompanying classroom activity invites students to explore the change in the gender wage gap from 1965...

This video features the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, home to the world's largest bat. Students see the role that measurement and engineering play in making bats to professional players' specifications and are asked to consider...

In this video, students explore Depression-era post office murals and modern outdoor murals to learn how artists use proportional reasoning and measurement to create large-scale paintings. The video ends with the question, "How do...

This lesson will provide real world examples that involve graphing exponential functions. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Exponential Functions in the Real World."

This Algebra lesson focuses on writing algebraic expressions to represent real-world problems, using the properties of numbers to simplify expressions, and evaluating equations by isolating the variable.

At the bottom of this page from the Georgia State University, you will two real-world applications of the Laws of Sines and Cosines (in the context of velocity vectors.)

Given a real-world situation that can be modeled by a linear function or a graph of a linear function, the student will determine and represent the reasonable domain and range of the linear function using inequalities.

A video presentation covering the history and evolution of statistics, as well as this area of math's link to our everyday world. View simple examples, including the application of statistics in the business world. [28:36]

In this exercise, students will learn how to find the length of one side of a polygon when the perimeter is given. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a tutorial video, get hints, and try questions...

The teaching of pattern in Grades 9-12 is discussed and a collection of sites and teaching suggestions is presented.

Given a verbal description of the rate of change of a real world situation, find the exponential function that models it. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...

A practical application of the use of the components of vectors with force. Example and general form are both given.

The principal purpose of the task is to explore a real-world application problem with algebra, working with units and maintaining reasonable levels of accuracy throughout. Aligns with N-Q.A.3, N-Q.A.1, and N-Q.A.2.

The purpose of this task is to give an application arising from a real-world situation, determining braking distance, in which a quadratic equation arises. For this scenario, it is natural to use a graphical method to find an approximate...

In this task, students use trigonometric functions to model the movement of a point around a wheel and through space. Students also interpret features of graphs in terms of the given real-world context. Aligns with F-TF.B.5 and F-IF.B.4.

This task provides a real-world context for examining the power of exponential growth and decay. Students experiment, at the macro level, using scotch tape to pull a chip of graphite apart into two pieces. They are asked to find about...

Third graders will be able to use strategies to solve real-world problems involving area and perimeter.

Discover how math is required for quality construction when a Master Carpenter shares his experience and expertise. This video focuses on explaining slope as rise over run and shows how slope comes into play when building homes to take...

Examine some of the complexities and complications inherent in the development of a micro engine. This video focuses on how MIT researchers have to consider proportions comparing volume and surface area when factoring heat loss, taking...

Investigate some of the mathematical challenges Boston engineers had to deal with during the Central Artery Tunnel Project (the "Big Dig"). This video focuses on the irregular shape of the casting basin and the volume calculations...

This lesson provides real-world examples that demonstrate how to organize data into matrices. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Using Matrices to Organize Data."

This lesson provides some real-world examples that demonstrate how to organize data into matrices. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Using Matrices to Organize Data."