Mrs Baker Math

These problems are adding, subtracting, and scalar multiplication of matrices. It does not include matrix multiplication. Post problems throughout the room. Mix them up first; do NOT post them in the same order as they appear in the file. I have students work in pairs or groups of 3. Each group starts at a different problem. They should bring notebook paper with them, and "number" the problems with the letter they see in the upper-left corner. (This will help you check quickly.) They answer the

These problems are solving for sides and angles of triangles using the law of sines and cosines, including the ambiguous case. Post problems throughout the room. Mix them up first; do NOT post them in the same order as they appear in the file. I have students work in pairs or groups of 3. Each group starts at a different problem. They should bring notebook paper with them, and "number" the problems with the letter they see in the upper-left corner. (This will help you check quickly.) They answe

This puzzle uses direct substitution to evaluate limits of various types of functions, including basic trig. Students can work independently or with a partner to put together this Tarsia puzzle. The best part about this activity is there is no prep for you as a teacher! The printable version is not the solution, so the students can cut the pieces out themselves and put it together. I usually print on colored card stock, but you could also laminate if you’d like to reuse from class to class. Or

Students can work independently or with a partner to put together this Tarsia puzzle. The best part about this resource is it is NO PREP for the teacher! The printable pages are not in the order of the solution, so students can cut out their own pieces and then put it together. The last page is the solution of what it looks like when it's put together (don't print that for the students)

Alleviate answering the same question over, and over, and over again! This partner activity has the students completing 6 practice problems for solving quadratics by factoring. The partners have different problems, but the same answer! By comparing their problems and their work, students can work together to find the solutions. The problems are all quadratic, some binomials and some trinomials. The problems include quadratics with a leading coefficient of 1, a leading coefficient that is not

Students can work independently or with a partner to put together this Tarsia puzzle. The best part about this activity is there is no prep for you as a teacher! The printable version is not the solution, so the students can cut the pieces out themselves and put it together. These problems are all set up with at least one of the equations in slope intercept form for easy substitution. There is one problem that is no solution and one that is infinite solutions. I usually print on colored card s

This includes finding exact values from trig functions, points on the terminal side of an angle, right triangle trig, and converting between degrees and radians. Post problems throughout the room. Mix them up first; do NOT post them in the same order as they appear in the file. I have students work in pairs or groups of 3. Each group starts at a different problem. They should bring notebook paper with them, and "number" the problems with the letter they see in the upper-left corner. (This will h

These problems are finding arc length and sector area in circles. Some of them ask the students to round to the nearest tenth, and some are exact answers. Two of the problems have students calculating the central angle before applying the formula, but most are set up so the student has the central angle and the radius given. Post problems throughout the room. Mix them up first; do NOT post them in the same order as they appear in the file. I have students work in pairs or groups of 3. Each gro

Hands on activity- check! Partner work- check! Challenging- check! NO TEACHER PREP- BIGGEST CHECK! This activity is a great way to practice solving multistep equations, especially to refresh students' skills before solving equations in Geometry. I like these activities because they are challenging, but not intimidating. They could work with a partner, and move their pieces around. If they got stuck, they could move on to something else and use process of elimination to fit their puzzle together

Students can work independently or with a partner to put together this Tarsia puzzle. The best part about this activity is there is no prep for you as a teacher! The printable version is not the solution, so the students can cut the pieces out themselves and put it together. I usually print on colored card stock, but you could also laminate if you’d like to reuse from class to class. Or, (I’ve never done this but I think it would be fun) you could try to print it really big and make a huge

The following sheets can be printed as is but then distributed randomly around the room, the hallway, or outside if you’re lucky to have good weather! Students work in pairs and can start at any letter. They will solve the problem and their answer will lead them to the next problem. When they get back to where they started, they are done! But here is the catch…yes it does spell something, but it doesn’t really make any sense to them. The good thing about this scavenger hunt is that there are so

Hands on activity- check! Partner work- check! Challenging- check! NO TEACHER PREP- BIGGEST CHECK! This activity is a great way to practice identifying the key features of conic sections, or you can even use this for practicing graphing and identifying the features from a graph! I like these activities because they are challenging, but not intimidating. They could work with a partner, and move their pieces around. If they got stuck, they could move on to something else and use process of elimina

I use this as a practice activity in either partners or individually. There are 14 on level problems, using similarity to find side lengths, write similarity statements, and scale factors. There are 3 multiple choice problems. Intentional movement has been shown to increase brain function, so encourage your students to come check their problem and exchange it for another problem. Answer key included!

Post problems throughout the room. Mix them up first; do NOT post in the same order as the appear in the file. I have students work in pairs. Each pair starts at a different problem. They should bring notebook paper with them, and “number” the problems with the letter they see in the upper-left corner. (This will help you check quickly.) They answer the question that appears on the paper they’re working on. The question is multiple‑choice, and the answer they choose tells them which problem

Students can work independently or with a partner to put together this Tarsia puzzle. The best part about this activity is there is no prep for you as a teacher! The printable version is not the solution, so the students can cut the pieces out themselves and put it together. These problems do not include solutions on a number line. They are only written with inequality symbols and the words and/or. There is one problem that is no solution, and one problem that is infinite solutions. I usua

Hands on activity- check! Partner work- check! Challenging- check! NO TEACHER PREP- BIGGEST CHECK! This activity is a great way to practice finding the vertex of a quadratic function in standard form, or you can even use this as graphing practice. I like these activities because they are challenging, but not intimidating. They could work with a partner, and move their pieces around. If they got stuck, they could move on to something else and use process of elimination to fit their puzzle togethe

This resource contains 8 pairs of linear inequalities and 8 colorful graphs (I made the graphs using Desmos, so they are colorful and very clear). If you have a color printer or plan on displaying the graphs using a projector or interactive board, you will love these graphs! This matching activity can be used in a variety of ways. Here’s what I did: I printed the systems of equations two to a page front and back so all 8 fit on one page. I have a coordinate plane stamp, so I stamped blan

Do you want a no-prep partner activity that promotes DISCOURSE? Well, you've found it! Assign one student to be partner A and one partner to be partner B. Partner A starts as the scribe, working through his or her problems while Partner B has the solutions. Partner B guides Partner A through the problems, correcting errors and talking through the process. Then, it’s Partner B’s turn to be the scribe, working through his or her problems while Partner A has the solutions. Partner A guides

To put this puzzle together, students match the first four terms of the sequence with the explicit formula for the arithmetic sequence. Students can work independently or with a partner to put together this Tarsia puzzle. The best part about this activity is there is no prep for you as a teacher! The printable version is not the solution, so the students can cut the pieces out themselves and put it together. I usually print on colored card stock, but you could also laminate if you’d like t

Hands on activity- check! Partner work- check! Challenging- check! NO TEACHER PREP- BIGGEST CHECK! This activity is a great way to practice multiplying binomials, or you can even use this for factoring quadratic trinomials! I like these activities because they are challenging, but not intimidating. They could work with a partner, and move their pieces around. If they got stuck, they could move on to something else and use process of elimination to fit their puzzle together. A few notes- if t