Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6, 7, 8 |
A Pound of Valentine’s Chocolates
In A Pound of Valentine’s Chocolates, students are asked to find how long a one pound box of chocolates should last if Isolde eats it alone. The key concepts are fractions and proportional reasoning.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Cooling Colas
In Cooling Colas, students predict how long it will take cola to cool down to the desired temperature.
This task includes:
- Problem
- Teacher Packet - the teacher packet provides an "answer check" and a range of sample solutions.
- Trig/Calculus Rubric
- Scenario - the scenario provides a story to help introduce the problem in a way that makes the mathematics as relevant as possible.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 3, 4, 5 |
Dad’s Cookies
In Dad’s Cookies, students are asked to figure out how many cookies Dad baked for the family before they ate them all. The key concepts are fractions and addition.
This task includes:
- Problem
- Teacher Packet - the teacher packet provides an "answer check" and a range of sample solutions.
- Scoring Rubric
- Scenario - the scenario provides a story to help introduce the problem in a way that makes the mathematics as relevant as possible.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Extending the Enneagon
In Extending the Enneagon, students determine the meaure of an angle formed by extending two sides of an enneagon until they intersect. Elements of this problem are explored in Grade 7, when students “Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in a multi- step problem to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure.” Combining those concepts with properties of regular polygons is more likely tackled in high school.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Field Trip
In Field Trip students will write an equation or system of equations that winds up leading to solving a quadratic equation. While one of two quadratic equations is likely to result, both are factorable, and the hope is that students will solve by factoring rather than relying on their calculators to crank out the quadratic formula.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Flying High
In Flying High, students try to figure out which of two airplanes is gaining altitude more quickly. A key to the problem is picking a good representation for the situation.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level K, 1, 2 |
How Many Berries Did I Eat?
In How Many Berries Did I Eat?, students are given information about how many berries were on each of the two bushes and how many are left on the bushes after berries were eaten. They are then asked which berries were eaten more of -- raspberries or blueberries. The key concept is subtraction.
This task includes:
- Problem
- Answer Check
- Sample Solution
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6, 7, 8 |
In Bartering for Bananas
In Bartering for Bananas, students are asked to find how many bananas Byron can get with his five fish.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Math Club Mystery
In Math Club Mystery students are asked to find out how many students, teachers and parents went on a trip to the movies. The key concept is to set up equations that represent the given information and use those equations to determine, from the given information the possible combinations of students, teachers and parents that were on the trip.
This task includes:
- Problem
- Teacher Packet - the teacher packet provides an "answer check" and a range of sample solutions.
- Primary Rubric
- Scenario - the scenario provides a story to help introduce the problem in a way that makes the mathematics as relevant as possible.
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Source The Math Forum at Drexel
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 6, 7, 8 |
Measuring Melons
In Measuring Melons students will use algebra to determine how much a melon weighs.
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