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Virginia Department of Education

Inequalities

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Compare graphing an inequality in one variable on a number line to graphing an inequality in two variables on a coordinate plane. Young mathematicians work on a puzzle matching inequalities and their solutions. They then complete a...
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Virginia Department of Education

How Many Triangles?

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Something for young mathematicians to remember: the sum of any two sides must be greater than the third. Class members investigates the Triangle Inequality Theorem to find the relationship between the sides of a triangle. At the...
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EngageNY

Real-World Area Problems

For Students 7th Standards
Not all structures take the shape of a polygon. The 21st lesson in a series of 29 shows young mathematicians they can create polygons out of composite shapes. Once they deconstruct the structures, they find the area of the composite figure.
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EngageNY

Equivalent Ratios

For Teachers 6th Standards
Equivalent ratios show up on tape. Young mathematicians use tape diagrams to create equivalent ratios in the initial lesson on the topic. They learn the definition of equivalent ratios and use it to build others in the third segment of a...
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EngageNY

Locating Ordered Pairs on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th Standards
Four quadrants, four times the fun. Future mathematicians learn the terminology associated with the coordinate plane and how to plot points in all four quadrants. A worksheet tests their understanding of the material in the 16th...
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EngageNY

The Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th Standards
Future mathematicians learn how to evaluate numerical expressions by applying the order of operations. They evaluate similar-looking expressions to see how the location of parentheses and exponents affects the value. 
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EngageNY

Writing Addition and Subtraction Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Symbols make everything so much more concise. Young mathematicians learn to write addition and subtraction expressions — including those involving variables — from verbal phrases. Bar models help them understand the concept. 
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EngageNY

Read Expressions in Which Letters Stand for Numbers II

For Teachers 6th Standards
Reading and writing take on a whole different meaning in math class. Young mathematicians learn to read verbal phrases by focusing on operation words. They write equivalent algebraic expressions for both mathematical and contextual...
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EngageNY

True and False Number Sentences II

For Teachers 6th Standards
Substitution is still the method of choice to verify number sentences. The detailed lesson has young mathematicians determining conditions for when number sentences are true or false through substitution. They learn to express these...
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EngageNY

One-Step Equations—Addition and Subtraction

For Teachers 6th Standards
Just one step is all you need to find success in solving equations. The 27th installment in a series of 36 teaches how to solve one-step equations involving addition and subtraction. Tape diagrams help future mathematicians in this task.
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EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Exponents

For Teachers 6th Standards
Bring your young mathematicians into the fold. Scholars conduct an activity folding paper to see the relationship between the number of folds and the number of resulting layers in the 23rd installment of a 36-part module. The results of...
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EngageNY

Multi-Step Problems in the Real World

For Teachers 6th Standards
Connect graphs, equations, and tables for real-world problems. Young mathematicians analyze relationships to identify independent and dependent variables. These identifications help create tables and graphs for each situation.
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Virginia Department of Education

Field Goals, Balls, and Nets

For Teachers 6th Standards
Score a resource on ratios. Young mathematicians learn about different ways to express ratios. Using sports data, they write statements about the statistics in ratio form.
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Virginia Department of Education

Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences

For Teachers 7th
Future mathematicians learn about arithmetic and geometric sequences, as well as common ratios and differences as they complete a worksheet matching sequences with the algebraic expressions that represent them.
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Virginia Department of Education

Volume of a Rectangular Prism

For Teachers 7th Standards
Fill the minds of your young mathematicians. A hands-on activity has learners fill in a rectangular prism with unit cubes to determine its volume. the exercise provides a great hands-on way for learners to connect the activity...
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Virginia Department of Education

Equation Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th Standards
You'd feel bad if someone called you by the wrong name — and equations are no different. Young mathematicians learn the vocabulary associated with equations and expressions identifying these components in sample equations.
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Virginia Department of Education

Give or Take a Few

For Teachers 6th Standards
Young mathematicians extend their knowledge of rational numbers on a number line to graph inequalities by first using number cards to compare rational numbers. They finish by using similar reasoning to graph inequalities on a number line.
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EngageNY

Multi-Step Problems—All Operations

For Teachers 6th Standards
Harness the power of algebra to solve problems. Young mathematicians learn to work out multi-step problems by applying algebraic techniques, such as solving equations and proportions. They use tape diagrams to model the problem to finish...
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101 Questions

Taco Cart

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Sometimes you just need a taco. Young mathematicians investigate two different paths on a beach to get to a taco cart. Completion of the task requires finding distances using the Pythagorean Theorem and considering the different walking...
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Kenan Fellows

Climate Change Impacts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Turn up the heat! Young mathematicians develop models to represent different climates and collect temperature data. They analyze the data with regression and residual applications. Using that information, they make conclusions about...
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EngageNY

Grade 5 Math Module 1, Topic F, Lesson 14

For Teachers 5th Standards
Be sure to place value on place value understanding. Young mathematicians learn to divide decimals by whole numbers when compatible numbers are not available. They use place value discs in place value charts, then connect this strategy...
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K20 LEARN

How Many Days Will It Take? Eating To 6,972!: Partial Quotients

For Teachers 3rd Standards
The story, How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti introduces a lesson plan about partial quotients. Mathematicians practice rounding and multiplying, then work in small groups to connect those skills with division and partial...
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EngageNY

Volume of a Sphere

For Teachers 8th Standards
To understand an informal derivation of the formula to find the volume of a sphere, young mathematicians investigate the volume of a sphere about the volume of a right circular cylinder. They develop the formula for the volume of a...
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EngageNY

Area Problems with Circular Regions

For Teachers 7th Standards
Uncover strategies for finding areas of composite figures. The 23rd lesson in a 29-part module has young mathematicians decompose figures to find total area. Figures decompose to rectangles and circular regions.

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