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

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

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 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

I created these study guide to help my students with introductory proofs. There never seems to be enough practice with proofs in the textbooks. It was designed to repeat some of the same theorems and postulates over and over again but in different problems. A complete answer key is included. *Note: Certain problems could be done multiple ways. My answers generally include the shortest complete method. The proofs include the following basic concepts: Definitions -Complementary, Supplmentary

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

Tired of typing up notes for your students only to find that they are not reading them? Are you students refusing to take advantage of the millions of online resources that are available? Maybe it is time for something different. Try these cartoon notes! This set of notes answer the following questions: 1) How do you find the slope of a line from a set of coordinates or from a graph? 2) Is the slope positive, negative, zero or undefined? 3) What are the different forms of equations? (Slope-I

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

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

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

Are your students having trouble with integers? Have you already used up the worksheets that come with your textbook? This 8 page packet can be printed together or can be used page by page. There are 36 problems per page and there are two pages for each of the following topics: -Adding integers with same signs -Adding integers with different signs -Adding double negatives -Mixed review I use these at the beginning of the year with my algebra classes as a review. These would be perfect for

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

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 on the the common angles formed by 2 parallel lines cut by a transversal line. This particular s

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.

Are your students bored to tears with state assessments, math drills and dull text books? Are you bored to tears teaching the same proportion lesson over and over again just to hear them say "When are we ever going to use this?!" I created this lesson/worksheet to integrate a real life skill. I love to travel and thought this would be a great way to relate it to math. While this assignment meets typical state and local standards for "applying ratios and proportions to real life problems" it

Looking for some extra resources for geometric proofs? You have come to the right place! After years of teaching Geometry I have realized that good proof worksheets are difficult to come by. Because geometry is often considered an "advanced" class there seems to be very little in the way of remediation. Most students could really benefit from additional practice with proofs. Creating new proofs can be tedious and time consuming. Why reinvent the wheel when these resources have already been cr