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The school year is winding down and your students have worked hard and in need of a fun activity. Since their minds are already thinking of summer activities, why not show them that Math can be fun and create a box-and-whisker plot on Teen favorite summer activities? Besides, it's free. This printable contains 18 favorite activities for teens in the summer. Have your students rank their favorite ten, collect the data (all anonymous) and have them create a box-and-whisker plot or stem-leaf,

This is a 7th-10th Sequence PowerPoint with a 10 problem homework document and answer key included. It is 14 minutes long, narrated and animated. It should run automatically but needs the teacher to click to end it. It contains 7 examples worked out on arithmetic and geometric sequences and mentions the Fibonacci sequence. The exit problem is CCSS (Common Core State Standards) aligned and the answer key is included in this package. It is intended as an introduction to sequences for middle a

This 20 Page lesson on Rational Exponents aligns with High School Algebra Common Core (CCSS) N-RN.1. (HSN-RN.A.1) It begins with a review of integer exponents and contains several problems on negative and zero exponents before presenting rational exponents. Students are shown examples of rational exponents being converted into radicals and radicals being converted into rational exponents. Several thought provoking questions are also asked. A short 10 problem homework assignment is attaches w

Your students will love this math number trick. Students will ask a person to think of any number between 1 and 15. It will appear as though they are reading someone's mind and to do the trick all they need to do is mentally add up any combination of the numbers 1,2,4 and 8. This would work great when you teach students how to mentally add numbers up to 20 which is Common Core Standard 2.OA.2) It's a simplified version of a famous trick which goes from 1 to 31. Note: All 4 cards are inclu