Peter Welch Math

Challenge 8th graders or High Schoolers to improve their understanding of Solid Geometry with this set of 56 MathCounts questions organized by difficulty level. Students' problem-solving skills will be pushed to the limit as they advance from White Belt toward Black Belt. Great for early finishers, advanced learners, or High Schooler needed extra review. Can occupy a small group of students for several class periods. Addresses numerous Common Core Geometry standards.

Challenge 6th, 7th, and 8th graders to improve their understanding of Expressions and Equations with this set of 56 MathCounts questions organized by difficulty level. Students' problem-solving skills will be pushed to the limit as they advance from White Belt toward Black Belt. Great for early finishers, advanced learners, or 8th graders needed extra review. Can occupy a small group of Middle Schoolers for several class periods. Addresses numerous 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Equations & Exp

Challenge 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders to improve their understanding of Ratios & Proportions with this set of 40 MathCounts questions organized by difficulty level. Students' problem-solving skills will be pushed to the limit as they advance from White Belt toward Black Belt. Great for early finishers, advanced learners, or 8th graders needed extra review. Can occupy a small group of Middle Schoolers for several class periods. Addresses numerous 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Ratios & Propo

Challenge 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders to improve their understanding of Fractions with this set of 47 MathCounts questions organized by difficulty level. Students' problem-solving skills will be pushed to the limit as they advance from White Belt toward Black Belt. Great for early finishers, advanced learners, or 8th graders needed extra review. Can occupy a small group of Middle Schoolers for several class periods. Addresses numerous 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Fractions, Number Sense, and

This scavenger hunt features 12 sports-themed Percent questions, 1 challenge question, an answer key, and an answer sheet for students to record their answers. Students will need to calculate percent by dividing the part by the whole as well as finding the part of a whole given the percent.Students solve each card, then find the card with the answer they just got under "previous answer." When they solve all 12 questions, they end up right back where they started! Scavenger hunts are a great way

This scavenger hunt features 12 percent questions, 1 challenge question, an answer key, and an answer sheet for students to record their answers. All questions are of the type: Find ____% of a given number.Students solve each card, then find the card with the answer they just got under "previous answer." When they solve all 12 questions, they end up right back where they started! Scavenger hunts are a great way to get students moving around the classroom, working in pairs or small groups, and

Skill: use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the area of right triangles and isosceles triangles.This scavenger hunt features 12 questions, 1 challenge question, an answer key, and an answer sheet for students to record their answers. It's a neat extension activity for the Pythagorean Theorem because it asks students to use the formula for the area of a triangle as well. Students solve each card, then find the card with the answer they just got under "previous answer." When they solve all 12 ques

This scavenger hunt features 12 long division questions, 1 challenge question, an answer key, and an answer sheet for students to record their answers. No remainders! Each quotient is four digits long.Students solve each card, then find the card with the answer they just got under "previous answer." When they solve all 12 questions, they end up right back where they started! Scavenger hunts are a great way to get students moving around the classroom, working in pairs or small groups, and streng

This scavenger hunt features 12 exponent rules questions, 1 challenge question, an answer key, and an answer sheet for students to record their answers. Skills: multiplying & dividing exponents with the same base, powers of powers, and negative exponents.Students solve each card, then find the card with the answer they just got under "previous answer." When they solve all 12 questions, they end up right back where they started! Scavenger hunts are a great way to get students moving around the cl

A playful PowerPoint that teaches students how to combine like terms. Includes examples where students must use the distribute property. Also includes definitions for: term, constant, like term, and coefficient. I use the metaphor of "herding sheep" for collecting like terms. Like terms are animals that are the same species (and may, therefore, be herded together). Before they are herded, however, they must all be busted out of their cages (the parentheses) using the distributive property. A

This scavenger hunt features 12 statistics puzzles questions, 1 challenge question, an answer key, and an answer sheet for students to record their answers. Skills: using the range of a data set to find the biggest or smallest number, finding the median of a data set, using the average of a data set to find a missing number.Students solve each card, then find the card with the answer they just got under "previous answer." When they solve all 12 questions, they end up right back where they starte

Your students will love these whimsical, Pokemon-themed Algebra Puzzles. Problems start with one- and two-step equations and get progressively more difficult, culminating in systems of equations requiring substitution and elimination to solve. $free.99!