Math Possibilities

This an application problem for math where students use area and surface area to see how to not waste wrapping paper to help save them money. I also have students try out the diagonal wrapping theory and see if they can come up with a different method or if diagonal is really the best.

There are 16 task cards all revolved around work with fraction including plotting on number lines, comparing, ordering, adding, subtracting, defining, and explaining.

Students will have to determine the dinner party for a Thanksgiving dinner. They need to find the recipes and the number of ingredients, all while trying to stay within a 75 dollar budget. Then they need to find the calories consumed during the meal and find ways to burn it off.

This is to help students solve problems by first finding possible facts in the problem. From those facts students can then determine the problem they need to solve.

These can be used for math journals or task cards. These will get students to start thinking of why an answer is true.

Have students take notes about ratio then go around the room making comparisons

This activity is like the show flea market flip. it will teach students about making profits and percent markup.

Students will research the nfl draft to find the averages of different assessments the draftees go through.

Students use dice and coins to explore multiplying with fractions in order to create a conjecture about what they observed during this activity.