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I am a retired math teacher having taught 37 years at the high school level in New Jersey. I have also been an adjunct instructor at a Community College teaching mathematics, basic skills, and statistics.
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Planning to Start-up and Run a Business: Everyday Life Skills Series
Hot Off the Presses: The Newest Everyday Life Skills series resource.
Many people dream of opening and running their own business. Running a business brings with it many questions. Things like purchasing items for your business to hiring employees to run the business must be taken into account.
The activities included in this product will take each student through the strategies and mathematical needs to make them a successful business owner. Calculating your monthly rental space cos
4th - 11th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Business
Decimals, Percents, and Their Applications
Everywhere you look you will find decimals. The odometer in the family car measures off miles and tenths of a mile. In a machine shop you use and instrument called a micrometer which measures items in tenths, hundredths, and thousandths of an inch. Batting averages for baseball players are given in decimals. Your body temperature is expressed in whole degrees and tenths of a degree. Measurements in scientific work are given in decimals. But by far the most use you personally make of decimal
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Decimals
Calculating a Store Purchase
Everyday people use math in their lives. One example would be to calculate the cost of paying for groceries or making store purchases. Questions such as “How much will lunch cost?”, “Do I have enough cash to buy my groceries?”, “Did I get the correct change from the cashier?”, need to be calculated and will be answered. This set of activities will ask each student to calculate the total cost of their bill including sales tax and the amount of change the cashier should return to the cust
2nd - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math
Merry Christmas Math
Here is a fun Christmas set of 10 activities for your class to make those last days before more pleasant. The activities may be completed by each student individually, as a group activity, minilessons, or homework assignment. Activities include:
1.) Tell me a Story.
2.) Analyzing a graphic.
3.) Merry Christmas Geometry.
4.) Comparing numbers.
5.) Converting a decimal number to a percent.
and many more.
An answer key is included for each activity. Many common core objectives will be met
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations
Unit Cost Task Cards
This activity will teach the student how to determine the most economical item to buy based on its quantity or weight versus the unit price. The student will use the basic operations of mathematics and problem solving skills to determine the most economical item to buy. Many common core standards will be met by completing this activity. Here are some additional activities that may interest you. The Need for Problem Solving Skills. Freebie The Need for Problem Solving Skills.Building Math
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Basic Operations
America's Obsession with Bottled Water: A Middle School Investigation
Do Americans have an obsession with bottled water? We will try to answer this question as we progress through this activity packet. This product will ask each student to interpret the information presented in the graphics, apply mathematical operations to calculate actual numerical values, and lead them into formulating conclusions and making future projections based upon their findings.
This product contains 16 pages filled with activities and an answer guide. Common core standards cov
5th - 11th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Graphing
Working with Ratio & Proportion Task Cards.
This set of task cards will challenge each student to demonstrate their ability to applyratio and proportion theory. The first section of cards will ask students to write a ratio in 2 ways while the second section of cards will represent applications of the ratio/proportion theory. Common core standards included: RP.A.1, RP.A.2, RP.A.3.
Some additional activities of interest may be:
Banking, Mortgages, & Simple Interest Task Cards.
Banking, Mortgages, & Simple Interest.
Mark-up, Percent
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Basic Operations
CCSS
6.RP.A.1
, 6.RP.A.2
, 6.RP.A.3
Living on Less: using Data Analysis
Many people dream of retiring throughout their working career. The thoughts of sitting on a beach and reading a book while sipping a Mai Tai would make anyone waiting for that last day “drool with envy”. In this activity, each student will be asked to analyze data provided by the United States Census Bureau regarding the median household income for individuals ages 45 – 64 and 65 and older for the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The student will be asked to draw conclusions based upo
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Statistics
The Game of 24 Task Card Challenge.
Great activity for the start of class or as a fill in assignment.Challenge your student’s critical thinking and problem solving skills.
“THE GAME of 24” is a fun and entertaining game to improve your student’s critical thinking skills as well as improve their basic mathematical operational skills. Use the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to manipulate a 4 digit number to produce the number “24”. Use this activity as a class starter, additional activity
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Mental Math
Order of Operation Task Cards
Challenge your students to demonstrate their ability to perform mathematical computations by applying “order of operation” strategies. This packet contains 60 task cards to keep your early finishers busy. These may also be used to begin class or to start a class discussion.
This packet will meet many common core standards that include 4.OA.A.1, 5.OA.A.1 and 5.OA.A.2.
Here are some other activities of interest:
Working with fractions, decimals, and percents.
Working with fractions, dec
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Order of Operations
CCSS
5.OA.A.1
, 5.OA.A.2
Simplifying Expressions Task Cards
This set of task cards will improve each student’s skills related to simplify an expression. The student will combine similar terms then apply the rules of order of operation to provide a solution. A sample explanation of how to simplify an expression is provided. Common core standards to be met are: 4.OA.A.1, 5.OA.1, and 5.OA.2.
Some additional that may interest you:
Reading graphs (line, bar, and pie charts) Task Cards.
Reading graphs (bar, line, and pie charts) Task Cards
Volcanic Eru
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Algebra, Basic Operations
CCSS
5.OA.A.1
, 5.OA.A.2
Analyze a Survey / Poll
Wow! Here is a set of activities designed to teach your students how to analyze information presented in a survey or poll.
An important basic skill is the ability to analyze given information in survey form. The activities included in this packet will ask each student to answer questions related to a survey presented as a USA Snapshot. Basic mathematics and problem solving skills are needed to answer the questions.
Basic common core concepts are provided in this packet and future
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Basic Operations, PreCalculus
The Basics of Numbers: meeting the Common Core
Here is an activity to improve your student’s skills in reading and writing numbers. This activity may be used as an introductory lesson or a review of concepts covered. Included is a section of open ended problems that will challenge and reinforce basic number operations.
There are 22 pages including an answer guide. Common core standards this packet will meet:
4.NBT.A.1, 4.NBT. A.2, 4.NBT.A.1.5, 4.NBT.A.3a, 4.NBT.A.3.
Some additional activities you may wish to check out: (Just clic
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Numbers
CCSS
4.NBT.A.1
, 4.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.A.3
+2
Task Cards: Number Sense Problem Solving
“What should I do now?” Review, class work, or just an added quick assignment. Here is a set of Task Cards that you can hand to your students before class starts, during class when a student finishes early, at the end of the day, or to supplement an activity.
Just cut out each card, shuffle them up like a deck of cards, and distribute 1 to each student. Ask each student to completely answer the requested task making sure to explain their answer where requested. An answer guide is provid
3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math Test Prep
CCSS
3.OA.A.2
, 3.OA.A.4
, 3.OA.D.8
+1
The Unisured: using Data Analysis
The year 2014 will be marked in history as the year that every Americans will have the opportunity to purchase health insurance. As the March 31st deadline for purchasing health insurance fast approaches, great debate has been given to this important issue. “The Uninsured” is an activity that will guide your students through the analytical process of data analysis.
The main objective of this exercise will have the student look into the percentage of adults ages 18 and older and pres
4th - 11th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Statistics
Happy Thanksgiving Math
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. This activity will provide each student with the ability to do the following: 1.) Analyze a graphic. 2.) Produce data by tally marks. 3.) Compare decimal and whole numbers. 4.) Tell a story about a graphic. 5.) Compare data from a graphic. A solution section will be provided for each activity. Here are some activities that may interest you: Halloween Math Halloween MathThe Sinking of the Titanic: Some Basic Facts The Sinking of the Titanic: Some Basic FactsT
3rd - 12th
Basic Operations, Graphing
Halloween Math
“Halloween Math” is a set of activities whose objective is to lead each student through various common core topics.
Activities include:
a.) comparison values.
b.) what number is between?
c.) tally data.
d.) graph the data.
e.) analyzing graphics.
f.) tell me a story.
A solution section is provided for this set of activities.
Some additional activities that may interest you:
Bundled Reading Graphs.
Reading Graphs BundleInterpreting Graphs Book 3.
Interpreting Graphs Book 3
3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Graphing, Mental Math
The Business of Mathematics: meeting the Common Core: Booklet Six
Mathematics and business go together like peanut butter and jelly. From percents for discounts to graphs that generate pictures of either profit or loss, mathematics plays a very important part in the business world. The main objective of Mathematics is to teach students how to think critically and analyze information to arrive at a logical solution. In the activities to follow, the student will be requested to analyze open ended questions and provide the necessary strategies to determine th
4th - 9th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Business, Other (Math)
Arranging numbers in order #3
Have you ever wonder what strategies your students are applying to solve a problem? Do you want to know how your students “critically think”? Here is an activity that will show you firsthand what your student’s thought process is. Each student will be requested to analyze an open ended question and provide the necessary steps and strategies they will apply to determine the correct solution to given information.
Many common core standards will be met as improvement in their personal scores on
4th - 12th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Decimals
Exponential Query
Have you ever wonder what strategies your students are applying to solve a problem? Do you want to know how your students “critically think”? Here is an activity that will show you firsthand what your student’s thought process is. Each student will be requested to analyze an open ended question and provide the necessary steps and strategies they will apply to determine the correct solution to given information.
Many common core standards will be met as improvement in their personal scores on
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
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About the store
Experience
I am a retired math teacher having taught 37 years at the high school level in New Jersey. I have also been an adjunct instructor at a Community College teaching mathematics, basic skills, and statistics.
Teaching style
I consider my style as teacher generated question oriented. I presented my students with a problem and together we would walk through the steps necessary to arrive at a solution to the problem. I believe that if the student can explain their step by step reasoning to reach the objective, then learning takes place.
I have used the materials that will be presented in TpT with great success. In New Jersey, the student is required to take a High School proficiency test to demonstrate their competency in mathematics. Employing my style in the classroom has permitted 95% or more of my students to pass this test each year. Teachers who have students enrolled in their class state that my former students were well prepared and knowledgeable about the basics they will need to apply in their future classes.
My philosophy was "As a teacher I will provide you with the opportunity to become educated. What you, the student, do with it is up to you."
Awards & shining teacher moments
Author of 4 textbooks. Career mathematician.
My own education history
I have a BA degree in Mathematics and Science education, a Masters of Education degree in Administration and Supervision, and aproximately 20 additional credits in Statistics beyond my Masters degree
Additional biographical information
I enjoyed teaching and working with the students enrolled in my classes both at the high school and community college levels. Watching the "light" bulb go off in each students eyes made this profession rewarding.
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