Math Mill

I use Exit Slips as a quick way to assess students' understanding of the lesson. This Exit Slip gives one side of a special triangle and the students have to find the remaining sides using the patterns for the special triangles. I usually do Exit Slips at the end of the period and it only takes me a few minutes to look them over students can review them during their Bell Ringer the following day.

I used this right triangles trigonometry worksheet as an Exit Slip. A few quick problems for students to do at the end of the lesson so I can assess their understanding. Go beyond the basic trig functions by giving them one function or one angle and a side then have the students solve the triangle.

When I introduce binomial distributions with random variables I have each student take the "quiz" where they are truly guessing multiple choice answers. I do this to not only introduce binomial probability but to prove that your chances of passing a quiz by guessing are extremely low. The worksheet has two quizzes on the first page and 4 possible solutions on the second page. The expected value and probability of passing the quiz solutions are on the second page. This is a fun little activity to

I assign Last Practices the night before a quiz so students have something to "study." I then email them the answers so they can check their work and I answers questions the next day before the quiz. This right triangle trig last practice has all 6 trig functions, finding angles, solving triangles and using the calculator to evaluate trig functions for non-special angles.

This is a classroom activity to test if given triangles are right triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem and then testing if given triangles are Special Triangles (30-60-90 and 45-45-90). It can be for individual use or with partners.

This is a review for a right triangle trigonometry quiz. It includes finding all 6 trig functions, finding angles, solving triangles using SOH-CAH-TOA and using a calculator to evaluate trig functions for angles.

This is a practice worksheet after teaching the special triangle patterns (30-60-90 & 45-45-90). I like to use different measurements to help students learn that radicals are just numbers and a special triangle pattern may be there even if it doesn't look like it.