Bowland
Alien Invasion
Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Modeling Division of Fractions
Introduce young mathematicians to the process of dividing fractions with a hands-on math instructional activity. Using the help of fraction strips and other visual models, children work through a series of example...
Curated OER
Linear Programming
Students explore inequalities to determine the optimal solution to maximize a profit for a company. In this linear programming lesson, students discover how to graph inequalities and how to determine the algebraic representation of a...
California Education Partners
Improving Our Schools
Split the work three ways. Learners use their knowledge of fractions to solve problems dealing with splitting up work loads evenly between three groups. Scholars determine the fractional portion of work each group will do along with...
Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching
Vectors
Investigate vectors and learn how to use them. Explore why size and direction, as well as knowing speed and distance, are important components of the vector problems you are trying to solve. This is an extensive lesson which includes six...
Curated OER
Time Dilation and Geometry
Students solve problems of dilation and velocity. In this geometry lesson, students apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems and relate it to time and velocity.
Doing Maths
Insulating the House
Finding the area of a rectangle is the focus of this metric worksheet. Here, mathematicians use their knowledge of finding the area of a shape in meters to discover how much material can fit inside a shape.
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Go The Distance Car Construction
Students build and program a car to drive a specific challenge distance.They must at the end of the lesson, have the car that stops the closest to a challenge distance.
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Go Ahead, Take a Guess! Estimating in the Real World
Learning how to use estimating to solve real life problems can be a great way for students to apply math skills.
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Solving Linear Equations
For this linear equations worksheet, students solve six linear equations and check their work. Then they translate the next 4 problems into an equation and solve those too. Students first combine like terms when necessary and then solve...
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Problems 5: Word Problems- All Operations
In this math worksheet, students solve 5 pages of word problems, each with 16 examples. Students decide if the operation is add, subtract, multiply or divide and solve. There is not room on the page for student calculations.
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Sunshine Math- 1
In this problem solving learning exercise, students complete 7 word problems that include telling time, maps, place value, fractions, and patterns. Note: The first page of this looks slanted, but is legible.
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, XIV
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7 varied math word problems. They include money, reasoning, estimation, skip counting and problem solving.
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Sunshine Math- 2
In this math applications instructional activity, students solve 6 varied problems that include estimation, money, basic operations, pictographs and geometry.
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Sunshine Math- 1
In this story problems worksheet, students solve 9 varied problems including making change, basic operations, reasoning, estimation and flowcharts.
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Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, VI
In this math applications instructional activity, students solve 7 varied problems that include patterns, area, logic, ordered pairs, and reasoning.
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, XV
For this problem solving worksheet, students complete 9 story problems that include geometry, measurement, input and output, pictographs, time, addition and weights.
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Acorn Math: Count by Two
In this counting by numbers worksheet, 1st graders use the acorn pictures to assist them in counting by two. Students also solve a word problem with the sum already given and they must subtract by two to find the original equation....
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Dream House
Students solve real world problems involving area and perimeter in this unit culminating activity.
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You Can't Go Wrong with a Right Triangle 2
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.
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Translate Word Phrases and Sentences into Equations
Use this video to show your learners an example of how to translate word phrases into an equation to solve a real-world problem. The presenter begins with a review of how to use cross products to solve a proportion, including how to do...
Virginia Department of Education
The Exercise Fields
Horses need exercise, too. Scholars create linear equations to model the perimeter of exercise fields for horses. They finish by solving their equations for the length and width of the fields.
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Working with Percentages
Students complete basic operations using percentages in a variety of real world situations. Discounts are computed and compared to a variety of prices listed in local newspaper advertisements.
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Data
Students collect data from an experiment they perform. In this data lesson, students use multiple representations to solve practical problems; describe advantages and disadvantages of the use of each representation. Then, they evaluate...