Jay Waggoner
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Lima, Ohio, United States
About the store
Jay Waggoner, a native of Fremont, Ohio, received a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Ohio Northern University and a Master of Arts in Math Education from Bowling Green State University. Jay spent his entire 39 year career teaching for Shawnee Local Schools, near Lima, Ohio. Though he started at the junior high level, he soon moved to the high school level where, at one time or another, he taught every math course ever offered at Shawnee, including AP Calculus, which he taught for the last thirty years of his career. Now retired from teaching, he picks up spending money for vacations by selling used books on eBay and abebooks . . . and writing puzzle books. With the used books, he hopes to sell them for more than he paid for them. With the puzzle books, he hopes to either help many learn or relearn math, and eventually wishes to make math a mainstream recreational activity. That goal will have been attained when John (or Joan) Q. Public sees the license plate - MW1331, and thinks: "My Word, eleven cubed."
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Irrational . . . but Well-Rounded, A Pi Day Advanced Arithmetic Puzzle
To fill in the blanks in this unique puzzle, and find the answer to the quote (and its source), match the date/number below the blank with the letters and events below. If you do not recall the date of the events listed, I’ve given you the math wherewithal to calculate the date. Of course, it might help to learn/remember that a quick way to subtract mentally is by “over-subtracting.” Consider 736 – 198. Instead of subtracting 198, subtract 200; it’s easier to subtract from 736. So, 736 – 200 is
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
3 Big Ten Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports
This offering is the complete set of three puzzles on the Big Ten. Included is the word search (nice for younger students), the Math Essay (nice for students in middle school and high school), and the crossword (nice for high school or middle school "teams.) The intent is ALWAYS to have some fun while learning. The price is a bit of a reduction from buying each of the three separately.
3 Big Ten Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports by Value Added Publishing is lice
3rd - 12th
Basic Operations, Reading, Vocabulary
2015 March Madness 6 Puzzle Madness,Word Searches + Powers of 2 & 3 "Math Essay"
This is a collection of six puzzles involving NCAA basketball. Five of them are Word Searches (a word search for each of the four region's 2015 teams involved and one for the Champions over the last thirty years) as well as a math puzzle that employs powers of two and three to give a sort of history of the tournament. By the time a student has finished the "math essay" he/she will know their powers of 2 & 3 plus they will have practiced some basic binary operations . . . and decoded the messa
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Mental Math, Reading
3 Puzzle Thanksgiving Day package,T-Day Arithmetic Essay,Food Search,Crossword
This offering is a three puzzle package involving Thanksgiving. Included are an arithmetic-based essay where the student does elementary arithmetic to supply the numbers for my prose . . . hopefully mentally. The student will need to know how to add and subtract (which I've given instructions for), evaluate simple exponents, and obey the order of operations. There is a food search where the student will find 20 of the more common foods partaken on Thanksgiving, then uncover a hidden message u
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Vocabulary
Big 12 Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports
This offering is the complete set of three puzzles on the Big 12 Conference. Included is the word search (nice for younger students), the Math Essay (nice for students in both middle school and high school), and the crossword (nice for high school or middle school "teams.") The intent is ALWAYS to have some fun while learning. The price is a bit of a reduction from buying each of the three separately.
Big 12 Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports by Value Added Publishi
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Reading, Vocabulary
3 PAC 12 Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports
This offering is the complete set of three puzzles on the PAC 12 Conference. Included is the word search (nice for younger students), the Math Essay (nice for students in middle school and high school), and the crossword (nice for high school or middle school "teams.") The intent is ALWAYS to have some fun while learning. The price is a bit of a reduction from buying each of the three separately.
3 PAC 12 Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports by Jay Waggoner is license
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Vocabulary
3 Atlantic Coast Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports
This offering is the complete set of three puzzles on the Atlantic Coast Conference (The ACC). Included is the word search (nice for younger students), the Math Essay (nice for students in middle school and high school), and the crossword (nice for high school or middle school "teams.") The intent is ALWAYS to have some fun while learning. The price is a bit of a reduction from buying each of the three separately.
3 Atlantic Coast Conference Puzzles,Math Essay,Crossword,Word Search,Fun,Sports
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep, Vocabulary
An Orderly Big 12 Conference History,Order of Operation,beginning exponents
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Big 12 Conference. The math which will be learned is focused around learning a little about exponents and a lot about working with the order of operations. (Included IS an explanation and example of the order that we simplify when working with the Order of Operations) The blend i
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep
Summing Up Edisto Island, Adding and Subtracting Mental Math
This puzzle, along with most of the other puzzles that I write, is an attempt to integrate, review, and blend. I want to integrate more than one subject in a learning activity, cross-curricular learning as it were. All of life’s experiences are integrated activities. I want to review previous material a student (puzzle doer) has been exposed to. We get better at tasks in life by repetition. I want to blend a learning experience with as many other learning situations as I can. Few life expe
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
History Halloween,Halloween by the Numbers,Practice and Fun Squaring numbers
This puzzle is one that will enable you and/or your students to discover some of the history of Halloween. It’s a mathematical history . . . and "the doer(s)" will be the one(s) supplying the arithmetic. Don’t despair! Each of the expressions to be evaluated can either be done mentally, or with minimal pencil-work. Each of the expressions DOES have at least one square to be evaluated, and some elementary adding and subtracting will come into "play." There are some numbers that end in five
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Order of Operations
CCSS
6.EE.A.1
PAC 12 Conference History, Math Essay,Exponents,Powers,Order of Operations
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Pacific 12 Conference. (the PAC 12) The math which will be learned is focused around learning quick and mental ways to simplify numbers being raised to small powers, something that sixth graders to seniors in high school would benefit from). The blend is in learning a little abou
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Algebra, Basic Operations, Mental Math
Hilton Head History through Arithmetic Tricks,Adding,Subtracting,Squaring
HH History through Arithmetic Tricks is a puzzle from my book Fun with Hilton Head and Beaufort (for the well-rounded puzzler who wants to learn more.) In this puzzle the students will "write an essay" helped, in part, by using some arithmetic tricks to supply the numbers involved in the history.
Hilton Head History through Arithmetic Tricks by Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
5th - 12th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, U.S. History
Pesky Sand Gnats Facts, A Commutative Property of Addition Baseball Puzzle
This puzzle, along with most of the other puzzles that I write, is an attempt to integrate, review, and blend. I want to integrate more than one subject in a learning activity, cross-curricular learning as it were. All of life’s experiences are integrated activities. I want to review previous material a student (puzzle doer) has been exposed to. We get better at tasks in life by repetition. I want to blend a learning experience with as many other learning situations as I can. Few life expe
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
More Recent Hilton Head History, Arithmetic Tricks,adding,subtracting,exponents
This puzzle is one that will enable you to discover some of the more recent history of Hilton Head Island. It’s a mathematical history . . . and you’ll be the one supplying the arithmetic. Don’t despair! Each of the expressions you’ll be evaluating can either be done mentally, or with minimal pencil-work . . . if you’ll employ one of the following three computation shortcuts.
A prelude discusses short ways to add, subtract, and square numbers ending in 5. The puzzle is one that we cal
5th - 10th, Adult Education
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Southeastern Conference,SEC by the Numbers,Math Essay,Adding,Subtracting
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Southeastern Conference. (the SEC) The math which will be learned is focused around learning quick and mental ways to add and subtract, something that fourth graders to seniors in high school would benefit from). The blend is in learning a little about the history of the Southe
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math Test Prep
ACC,Atlantic Coast Conference History,Math Essay,Easy Mental Math
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Atlantic Coast Conference (the ACC). The math which will be learned is focused around learning quick and mental ways to add whole numbers and fractions with LIKE denominators numbers, something that fifth graders to seniors in high school would benefit from). The blend is in lear
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
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About the store
Experience
Jay Waggoner, a native of Fremont, Ohio, received a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Ohio Northern University and a Master of Arts in Math Education from Bowling Green State University. Jay spent his entire 39 year career teaching for Shawnee Local Schools, near Lima, Ohio. Though he started at the junior high level, he soon moved to the high school level where, at one time or another, he taught every math course ever offered at Shawnee, including AP Calculus, which he taught for the last thirty years of his career. Now retired from teaching, he picks up spending money for vacations by selling used books on eBay and abebooks . . . and writing puzzle books. With the used books, he hopes to sell them for more than he paid for them. With the puzzle books, he hopes to either help many learn or relearn math, and eventually wishes to make math a mainstream recreational activity. That goal will have been attained when John (or Joan) Q. Public sees the license plate - MW1331, and thinks: "My Word, eleven cubed."
Teaching style
It varies with the class and the chemistry of the class BUT as I progressed in my career two things became increasingly important and evident: First, students (REGARDLESS of their age/class) need to get out of their seats with some degree of frequency and up to the black/white boards to do problems. Only by doing can one learn. Students love it. Second, ALL students need constant review. I try to make reviewing fun with puzzles.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Making Shawnee the Best It Can Be
Presenter at several Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics meetings.
Speaker and presenter at many meetings and sessions.
My own education history
Graduated from Fremont Ross High School.
Bachelor of Arts with a Math Major from Ohio Northern University.
Master of Arts with a Cognate in Mathematics from Bowling Green State University.
Additional biographical information
I see.
I read.
I think.
I do.
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