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ProCon

Minimum Wage

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The first ever minimum wage in America was set at 25 cents per hour in 1938 and has been steadily, if slowly, increasing ever since. Using the provided website, pupils decide if the United States should further increase the federal...
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Handout
Federal Reserve Bank

Would Increasing the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a fantastic and relevant question to discuss with your class members. Using detailed reading material and a related instructional activity, your learners will learn about labor markets, equilibrium wages, price floors, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Maximum/ Minimum Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
In this optimization worksheet, students solve 20 short answer word problems. Students read, sketch, define variables, write equations, differentiate their equations, and find the maximum or minimum of each word problem.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Minimum Wage and Unemployment

For Students 10th - 12th
Have your class discuss the pros and cons of minimum wage laws using this resource. First, they read quotes from the perspective of those in favor of, and against, minimum wage laws. Then, they answer six questions about it.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Maximum and Minimum of Functions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this calculus worksheet, students are given functions and values to derive using the functions. They are asked to find the maximum, minimum and point of inflection. There are 28 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Minimums, Maximums and Zeroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians will identify the minimum, maximum-and zeros of a function in this calculus lesson. They relate the derivative of a function to its zeros and minimum or maximum. They then graph their solutions and explain different...
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PPT
Curated OER

Chapter 28: Wage Determination

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Answer questions on minimum wage and labor models with this economics presentation. Thorough and precise, these slides make a great accompaniment to a lecture on labor and wages. A list of key terms allows viewers to readdress and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Lesson 2-5: Absolute Value Functions and Graphs

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
What is absolute value? What is an absolute value function? Emerging mathematicians solve equations containing variables inside an absolute value sign.  They graph each function on a coordinate plane and identify the maximum and minimum...
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Lesson Plan
Code.org

Algorithms Detour - Minimum Spanning Tree

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This optional lesson introduces the class to the idea of a minimum spanning tree. The activity focuses on determining an algorithm that will find the most efficient path in a network to transfer data. 
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Curated OER

Absolute Maximum and Minimum

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts of absolute maximum and minimum while solving for absolute extrema. They solve example problems that are used for direct instruction, guided practice, and independent...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Minimum, Maximum and Quartiles

For Students 8th - 10th
In this statistics learning exercise, students identify the different parts of a whisker plot. They find the minimum, maximum and the three different quartiles.   There are 8 multiple choice questions with an answer key.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Derivatives and Maximum or Minimum

For Students 9th - 11th
In this calculus activity, students calculate the maximum, minimum, and determine if the graph is concave up or down. There are 2 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worksheet 23 - Directional Derivative

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this function worksheet, students compute the directional derivative of a function and identify the xy-coordinates of the maximum and local minimum. This two page worksheet contains six multi-step problems.
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Handout
PBS

The Lowdown — Living Wages in CA: Ratio and Rate in the Real World

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
How much money is enough money? Future wage earners explore the minimum hourly wage and then use it to calculate monthly and yearly earnings. They use an interactive to consider living costs and determine whether earning a minimum wage...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Ordered Simple Plot

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Open your imagination to make algebra-inspired creations. An interactive lesson has scholars graph images from a set of parameters. Users can practice minimum values, maximum values, and scale as well as key features.
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Printables
Curated OER

Mean, Median, Mode, Minimum, Maximum Posters

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Introduce mean, median, and mode and post these bright posters in your classroom. The posters focus on the vocabulary and highlights the answer choice. Each one is colorful, which will engage and attract your learners. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Applied Maximum/Minimum Problems

For Students Higher Ed
For this maximum and minimum worksheet, students determine the dimensions of given figures inscribed within other figures or within graphs. This one-page worksheet contains seven dimension problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 12: Relative Maximum and Minimum

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this relative maximum worksheet, students determine the velocity and the relative maximum and minimum of given functions. They identify continuous functions and illustrate their graphs of functions. This three-page worksheet...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Asking For Directions

For Students 5th - 8th
In this asking questions worksheet, learners solve a word problem involving asking the minimum number of questions for directions. Students complete 1 complicated higher order thinking problem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Financial Institution Comparison

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Once learners are ready to choose a bank, how do they make a smart decision for their financial needs? Scholars help each other by jigsawing the research in groups. After introducing checking and savings accounts with the attached...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Absolute Maximum and Minimum

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students calculate the maximum and minimum of each function. In this algebra lesson, students collect and graph data to analyze it. They differentiate between the absolute max and min and the maxima and minima of each function.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Minimum and Maximum of a Graph

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students find the solutions of polynomials through graphing. In this algebra lesson, students identify the maximum and minimum of each polynomial function. They ind the vertex, domain and range of a parabola.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Find Minimum and Maximum

For Students 4th - 5th
In this number range activity, students solve 21 problems in which a series of five numbers is analyzed. Students record the minimum and maximum numbers. There are no examples.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Curve Sketching Review Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
In this curve sketching activity, students solve 13 short answer and graphing questions. Students find maximums, minimums, critical points, turning points, increasing/decreasing intervals, etc.

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