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This 12 minute narrated, animated PowerPoint presentation makes learning the difference between theoretical probability and experimental or empirical probability fun for students. It is intended for 7th, 8th, or 9th grade Algebra classes. It reviews a few Key terms such as probability, event, sample space, etc. and then concentrates on the famous probability birthday problem or paradox in which given a group of 50 people, 97% will share the same birthday. Three student handouts are included

This Printable lists the 15 top grossing movies of 2012. Students are to create a Box-and-Whisker plot or boxplot of the data. Hopefully they will enjoy reminiscing about movies they have seen in the past. Since there are 15 movies, the data is very easy to work with and no averages are needed. To make the problem more complicated, just eliminate one of the movies. There is an answer key provided for the 15 movies. I hope your students have fun! Thank you for purchasing my product. Please

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 3 minute narrated and animated PowerPoint on Parabolas Min or Max works great as a bell ringer activity that still covers a Common Core (CCSS) High School Algebra topic HSF-IF.C.7a on quadratic functions minima and maxima. It should run automatically giving the teacher 3 minutes to take attendance or prepare for class. There is an exit problem with a parabola y = x^2 -3 as the answer. This would work well for summer school, substitute teachers, and homeschoolers. Thank you for viewing m

This narrated, animated 3 minute PowerPoint presentation on Creating an Equation works great as a bell ringer activity for an Algebra class. It should run automatically and will give the teacher time to take attendance while giving students a Common Core State Standard (CCSS) to work on at the same time. The answer to the Exit problem is C = 12h + 3572 and should make creating an equation easy for students. Hopefully students will enjoy the topic of saving up towards their first car. This al