Math is Marvelous

This PowerPoint has 16 problems dealing with introductory algebraic expressions. The problems include evaluating, writing, simplifying (including use of the distributive property), and completing input/output tables. The PowerPoint may be used in group competition, such as Trasketball, or as a review, etc. The problems are of beginner/basic content. Answers are included.

I created this PowerPoint to get my students thinking about interpreting words or phrases into numerical expressions. There are 10 problems that present a word problem. The students are not asked to solve the problem, but to write a numerical expression (no variables) to represent how one could solve the problem. Then, the students are asked what words or phrases gave them clues on which operation should be used. The PowerPoint could be uploaded as google slides and used virtually with the

This product has a PowerPoint with 8 problems dealing with simplifying fractions by finding and using the greatest common factor. The first 4 problems have a lot of scaffolding to help the student find the GCF and divide the fraction using the GCF as a form of 1. The last 4 problems have no scaffolding and tells the students to complete the work on paper. Answers are provided in random order. Related terms: reduce, lowest terms, leveled

This PowerPoint (which may be uploaded as a Google Doc), has 10 problems for simplifying fractions. Each problem is in the form of a graphic organizer asking 1) for all of the factors of the numerator and denominator, 2) finding the greatest common factor, then, 3) dividing the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor (GCF). Intervention, scaffolding, graphic organizer

This product is a PowerPoint for introducing or practicing determining equivalent ratios. The method has ratios in a table and asks the students to make equivalent ratios either by multiplying by a given number, determining the number used for multiplication, then multiplying by that number, and some problems that have to be completed by working backwards. Ratio table

Good for Basketball Season! This PowerPoint introduces an algebraic expression that can be used to determine a team's score by calculating each of the players' points in a fictitious game. The expression is 3a + 2b + c, which is used to calculate a player's total points where "a" represents the number of 3-point shots, "b" represents the number of 2-point shots, and "c" represents the number of free throws. I used this as a follow-up assignment after "going" on a virtual field trip to watch

I created this product to give my students practice translating words into algebraic (variable) expressions. The nursery rhyme of Old Mother Hubbard was used to create a fun background for the various expressions. There are 24 word phrases to be translated into Algebraic Expressions. All four math operations are used (add, subtract, multiply, and divide) for the expressions. Answers are available (randomly) on the last two pages of the PowerPoint. The product could be uploaded as Google Slide

I like to use real examples to introduce new math concepts to my students. This 2-page worksheet (and 8-page PowerPoint) introduces the use of the distributive property using fast food orders and toy collections. On the second page of the worksheet are 6 word problems in which kids are getting or want multiple amounts of different popular toys. The PowerPoint has the same material as the worksheet, but spread over 8 pages (one problem per page). The work is kid-friendly with popular food and

This product is a PowerPoint of adding fractions with different denominators, where one denominator may be rewritten as the other by multiplying by a form of 1, e.g., 2/2. There are 10 problems with all of the numbers used being less than 15. This is meant to be an introductory assignment or practice assignment when learning to add fractions with different denominators. After renaming the fraction, the result is added to the other fraction to arrive at the sum. There is also fraction visuals

This product is a game for learning and practicing writing algebraic expressions from word descriptions (e.g., the sum of a number x and five). The expressions in this game include those for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Any practical number of students may play at one time. The product uses a spinner with three spaces on it for 1, 2, and 3. The spinner is used to tell the player how many spaces they are to move. The spaces are numbered from 1 to 27 and there is a question a

This product is a PowerPoint with questions, such as, favorite activities or food from Winter Break. The class chooses the options to be considered as possible "favorites", then, the students cast their vote for his or her favorite. The results are then written into a table where the fractions, decimals, and percentages of the students votes are presented. Students may work cooperatively with partners or small groups to determine the fractions, decimals, and percentages. Since there are many

This PowerPoint was created to help my students visually and manually learn and practice with equivalent ratios. There are 5 pages (or slides if uploaded to Google Classroom, etc.). Each of these pages has the student moving colored tiles to create a ratio and, then, creating equivalent ratios by adding the same number of tiles to the previous tiles. There are summary-type questions, too, so that the student repeats what was discovered. After the “hands-on” exercises, there are three written pro

This product is a PowerPoint of a graphic organizer or template to teach and do word problems, especially when the student(s) need a better understanding of solving word problems. In the product, there are 6 steps, including 3 steps at first about reading and dissecting the problem. There are prompts and space for the students to write or type in. The PowerPoint may be uploaded to Google Drive and converted to slides if it is desired to be completed digitally. Since solving word problems use

This product may be considered a stand alone lesson. I have used this when teaching Summer Bridge Programs to incoming 9th grade students when they need to better understand fractions. The product is a PowerPoint (also in pdf form) which is may be used as an Interactive Lecture, where the students and teacher are active throughout the lesson. The lesson begins with a teacher model showing how to draw rectangles on graph paper that illustrate various fractions using color. Several problems are

This product is in pdf form and it shows 11 different visuals or number sets to demonstrate ratios of items or numbers. My goal was to have my students learn from these ratios, so that they can "see" and practice naming ratios and determine if the ratios compared are equivalent or not equivalent. I like to go through the PowerPoint with my students and allow them to shout out their answer upon my prompt. I usually tell the students to tell me their answer altogether after I count to three. I

This product was created to have the students practice writing ratios three different ways (with a colon, as a fraction, and using the word “to”) The product is designed to be used around the Thanksgiving holiday. The students were first surveyed on whether they liked or did not like different dishes that are often served on Thanksgiving. I used a Google Form to survey my students. When the students responded, the ratio data was easy to find. The survey questions are also included in this produ

I created this worksheet to show some of my high school students why multiplying a positive fraction less than one by another positive fraction less than one results in a smaller number than either of the starting fractions. We were studying exponential functions, and the students were learning to identify what part of an exponential equation would indicate whether the function would be growth or decay. This worksheet helped many of the students see why an exponential equation with 0

This product was created to allow students to choose which problems to do or questions to answer rather than do problems in counting order. Each space for the question or problem has a symbol instead of a number. The students write their answers on a separate sheet of paper, and add the symbol to their answer to make it clear which problem or question they are answering. I created this because I do not always have time to cut task cards apart. This way the cutting is not necessary. There are