CreativeMathLessons

Do your students need a little bit more practice with determining the measures of missing angles? This packet includes 5 separate angle worksheets that involve understanding the angles relationships when there are parallel lines cut by a transversal line. Certain problems require that the students to know that triangles add up to 180 degrees. Angle pair covered include: alternate interior, alternate exterior, corresponding, same-side interior (consecutive interior) as well as linear pairs and v

Are you introducing formal logic to your class and having trouble coming up with additional examples? Are you teaching logic for the first time and struggling with how to explain things to your class? This activity is great for the students and also for the teachers. The worksheet itself is only 1 page and includes 15 conditional statements. The students will then have to come up with the converse, inverse and contrapositive of each statement and also determine their truth value. If they are fa

My first set of angles puzzles have been a hot seller so I wanted to post some new puzzles for those of you who have found them to be helpful. This particular set contains 7 angle puzzles with 7 complete answer keys. In order to fill in the angle puzzles students must be familiar with the angle relationships formed by two parallel lines and a transversal. Additionally they would have to be familiar with the triangle sum theorem, complementary and supplementary angles, etc. If you have alrea

Are you introducing proofs for the first time? Are your students struggling with the concept of a proof? I have found that there are very few remediation worksheets on proofs and sometimes it is necessary to go slow until all students get the hang of proofs. It can be frustrating when the textbooks only include one or two examples. I created this very straightforward study guide for beginner proofs. This particular study guide contains 10 proofs. The first 5 are all set up to use the basic S

My first two sets of angles puzzles have had many downloads so I wanted to post some new puzzles for those of you who have found them to be helpful. This particular set contains 5 angle puzzles with 5 complete answer keys. In order to fill in the angle puzzles students must be familiar with the angle relationships formed by two parallel lines and a transversal. Additionally they would have to be familiar with the triangle sum theorem, complementary/supplementary angles and for this particular

Need more resources when you are teaching logic to your geometry classes? Are you teaching geometry for the first time and need to wrap your mind around the concepts yourself? The books never seem to have enough of the same type of problem for the students to practice so I started making my own. This activity is a new version (all new examples) of an old one that I still have posted. It contains 20 conditional statements that your students can turn into converse, inverse and contrapositive st

Are your students struggling with all of the properties of parallelograms, rectangles and rhombuses? These step by step proofs will allow them to see the various properties in action. Included in this download are 16 simple proofs ranging from 3 steps to 8 steps each. The student version has blank tables that indicate the possible number of steps for each proof. Of course, if your students decide to complete the proofs using other methods (ie: triangle congruence mixed with CPCTC) then it w

Are you looking for a way to ease your students into complex proofs? This printable study guide/homework assignment involves the following theorems and postulates: -Converse of the Corresponding Angles Postulate -Converse of the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem -Converse oft the Alternate Exterior Angles Theorem -Converse of the Consecutive Interior Angles Theorem (Same-side interior angles theorem) The first set of problems is very simple just to get their minds used to the idea of proving

Are you introducing proofs for the first time? Are your students struggling with the concept of a proof? I have found that there are very few remediation worksheets on proofs and sometimes it is necessary to go slow until all students get the hang of proofs. It can be frustrating when the textbooks only include one or two examples. I created this very straightforward study guide for beginner proofs. This particular study guide contains 10 proofs. The first 5 are all set up to use the basic Ang

Did you run out of proofs to give your students? Need something that is already pre-made and ready to print? After many years of teaching geometry I have found that there is not enough practice out there when it comes to proofs. I have spent hours putting together proofs that are "user friendly" for my students to use and hopefully you will find them helpful too. (Check my other listings and check back for updates as I have many more proof study guides.) This particular packet includes 8 2-c

Are your kids struggling to write proofs? It seems as though there is never enough proof practice in the textbooks and as a result I have created a series of my own proof assignments. This proof assignment addresses basic angle relationships that exist when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. Students will need to be able to identify Alternate Interior, Alternate Exterior, Corresponding, and Same Side (Consecutive) Interior Angles. Part 1 contains 10 VERY SIMPLE 2-step proofs that

Tired of teaching the same boring lessons on Circumcenter and Incenter? After years of using the standard book resources, I decided to create this activity that demonstrates some real-life applications of these concurrent points. This product includes 9 tasks (with complete answer key and screen shots of graphics). Each task will ask students to find a real life circumcenter or incenter. (While this product did not include any centroid or orthocenter problems, I left those options on the top

Are you teaching factoring to a lower level math class or perhaps younger group of students? While factoring itself can be easy I have found that certain classes of mine have trouble with signs. The higher level students are pretty good with using mental math and trial and error but this process tends to frustrate other learners. Enclosed you will find two different versions of a reference chart that will allow students to determine the signs for factoring a very basic trinomial. These charts

Are your students struggling with the concept of counter-examples? Are you teaching Geometry for the first time? Coming up with great true and false statements can be confusing. Use this worksheet to help you introduce formal logic into your class. This printable worksheet contains 20 statements that your students will have to label as true or false. If they are false they must provide a valid counter-example. This can get tricky because some students don't realize that the counter-examples m

Need a new test for your students? Want a comprehensive review of linear equations? This test is broken into different sections including: -Finding slope from 2 coordinates -Finding slope from slope-intercept form -Finding slope from point-slope form -Finding slope from standard form -Identifying forms of equations -Writing equations in point-slope form, given a point and a slope -Writing equations in slope-intercept form, given a point and a slope -Writing equations in standard form, given a

Are you looking for a creative way to show that your students understand systems of linear inequalities? Tired of all of the same worksheets? I created this activity for my class in an effort to make the shading of "half-planes" a little bit more exciting. I was surprised at how well my class did with this activity and think that it would be effective in your class as well. The basic concept is that you will have them graph a total of 6 inequalities and shade accordingly. Even though it looks

Do your students have trouble with fractions? Looking for a fun activity to do with your class? Here is an easy activity that will be a change from the usual worksheet. Directions: Print out the colored fraction bars for each student. The students will then cut them into smaller pieces and sort them by color or by denominator. Following the instructions on the page, they will find physical pieces of fractions that are equivalent. For example they could hold up 3 of the 1/6 pieces and show

Preparing for your standardized tests? Need a short unit on angle pairs? These introductory notes are handwritten and include small cartoon pictures. They are great for Pre-Algebra or Algebra students. I have been told that they can be helpful for special education students as well. The notes are straightforward and are followed by 5 different homework pages that could be assigned for homework. *Students should have some basic prerequisite knowledge of supplementary angles, vertical angles a

Are your students struggling with understanding basic trig functions? Are you looking for something simple that will both excite your students and strengthen their basic trig skills? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this "trig lab" will be perfect for you! Before starting this your students should be familiar with sin, cos and tangent and finding missing side lengths. I created this lab knowing that most of my students have cell phones. In order to complete this lab you wi

Struggling to find good examples of geometric proofs in your textbook? These detailed proofs will help you and your student become experts! This particular packet includes 8 proofs that all use the vertical angles theorem. Other topics include angle addition, substitution, supplementary angles, etc. This packet is slightly harder and more detailed than some of my other introductory proofs. An answer key is included. You may to choose proofs in a slightly different format in your class.