This page describes different types of applications in which different forms of Math can be used. Scroll down near the bottom of the page to read about how differential equations can be used in solving real world problems.

This collection of activities focuses on strategies for teaching teens how to balance allowance, chores, school, and work. Also provided are practical tips for parents regarding signs to look for that may indicated earned money is being...

Ideas on how to teach their children about allowances. This activity presents topics such as the age for allowances, behavior-based allowances, needs-based allowances, and chores for children. Suggested real world experiences and links...

A great site with extensive information about copper and its role in life on Earth. Includes history of copper as well as a 59-page book on copper production around the world, published in 2012.

Resource contains a lesson plan that utilizes data from earthquakes. Students are instructed to analyze and interpret line graphs that display the earthquake data.

This site is an archive of questions posed by students and the general public about geometry which are responded to by "Dr. Math."

Learn about probability concepts with these two real-world learning tasks: "Fred's Fun Factory" and "But Mango Is My Favorite."

This activity reviews of states of matter, then relates them to atomic movement as it is affected by attractions between atoms and the addition of energy. Latent heat and evaporative cooling are also topics covered. Multiple-choice and...

A student with a summertime carpenter job asks Dr. Math how to draw an arch. Dr. Math responds by showing how the equation of the parabola can be generated by having three distinct points of the parabola known.

Site provides census data for housing, population data, people, and much more.

At this website there is basic information about world population growth over the last 300+ years. The link at the end of the article is to another article that compares the population growth of two states.

Wondering who uses conics and where they occur in our lives? Dr. Math provides some answers to how math concepts involving conic sections, perabolas, hyperbolas, and ellipses are applied practically.

Use this cleaver site to estimate how far away a hot air balloon is from you using your thumb and arm length.

This site from the University of Illinois contains an introduction and definition of the term range. It has a link to the National Weather Service so students can practice finding the range using the available weather data.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development houses links to frequently requested statistical data in areas such as interest rates, population, exchange rates, and employment, just to name a few.