Tim Yoder

The end of the college basketball season comes, and March Madness takes over. Millions of people tackle the challenge of creating the perfect bracket by attempting to predict the winner of all 63 games in the tournament. How difficult can that be? (wink, wink) This slide show first delivers a mini-lesson on how to calculate the total number of possible outcomes of an event. It then goes through the mathematical process of how to arrive at the fact that there are 9.2 quintillion possibl

How to Keep Score in Bowling – A Real-life Application of Following Directions and Addition Skills Back in the “old days”, people who bowled at the bowling alley were given a paper score sheet, and it was up to them to keep score to determine the winner of the game. Today the scoring is all done by computer, and if one can read the numbers on a monitor, one can determine who won the game. Most young people today do not have a clue about how to keep score in bowling. This resource is designed t

Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts on sight as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. After students have had ample time to practice the facts, I give an assessment to determine which students have mastered them. Those students who are not yet up to speed then begin participating in my weekly math fact plan. This plan

This resource contains a bank of math problems designed to compare the two teams playing in the 2026 Super Bowl – the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. It includes 120 math problems (and answers) that involve the following skills: - Subtracting to find how much greater than or less than - Adding to find the total - Multiplication of whole numbers - Division of whole numbers - Finding ratios - Percents - Finding the mean - Rounding to the nearest tenth - Rounding to the nearest hundr

It’s World Series Time!!! This resource contains a Bank of Math Problems designed to compare the Los Angeles, the Toronto Blue Jays, and their stadiums. It includes 120 math problems (and answers) that involve the following skills: - Finding and deciding what information to use from a chart - Calculating elapsed time in years - Subtracting to find how much greater than or less than - Adding to find the total - Multiplication of multi-digit whole numbers - Multiplication of price amounts -

This resource includes 9 documents: - Checklists for all the MATH standards for grades 6-8 (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster forms with a checklist column for each MATH standard for each grade level (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster forms with a checklist column for each MATH standard for each grade level(Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track o

This resource includes 3 documents: - Checklist for all the MATH standards for sixth grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track of individual student progress for progress

BUZZ is a fast-paced mental math activity that requires every student in your class to listen carefully, to concentrate for an extended time, and to apply previously-learned math concepts. The game basically involves the members of your class counting from 1 to 50 or 1 to 100, depending on the grade level and the level of difficulty. Before each round begins, you will identify the BUZZ number for that round. The BUZZ number could be a multiple of a given number, a perfect square, a prime numbe

Combining math and science is a natural. With all the excitement surrounding the 2024 total solar eclipse, it only makes sense to extend our math knowledge and skills to the numbers involved with the incredible show that is about to take place in the sky. This resource contains a Bank of Math Problems for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. It includes 90 math problems (and answers) that involve the following skills: - Identifying the least and greatest values - Ordering numbers from least to g

This resource includes 3 documents: - Checklist for all the MATH standards for seventh grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track of individual student progress for progres

This resource includes 3 documents: - Checklist for all the MATH standards for eighth grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track of individual student progress for progress

Pythagorean Theorem – Solving Real-Life Problems This resource presents ten real-life problems that are solved using the Pythagorean Theorem. A diagram accompanies each problem. An answer key is included, along with 2 solution pages which detail how each problem is solved. The ten problems are presented in three formats: 1) A black and white printable worksheet (PDF) - free response answers - can be used as a review/practice exercise - can be used as a formative assessment 2) A digital activit

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level Two with Three Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given number

This resource addresses everything your students need to know about graphing in all four quadrants on the coordinate plane. It includes: - a slideshow that teaches everything about graphing in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane - a worksheet that involves identifying the two coordinates and the quadrant of cars located on the coordinate plane, plus the ANSWER KEY - a worksheet that addresses these skills: identifying the two coordinates and the quadrant of points on the coordinate pl

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level One with Four Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level Two with Four Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers

This resource contains a bank of math problems designed to compare the two teams playing in the 2025 Super Bowl – the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. It includes 120 math problems (and answers) that involve the following skills: - Subtracting to find how much greater than or less than - Adding to find the total - Multiplication of whole numbers - Division of whole numbers - Finding ratios - Percents - Finding the mean - Rounding to the nearest tenth - Rounding to the nearest hund

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level Two with Two Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers.

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level One with Five Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers

This resource includes FOUR math center activities, each of which allows two or three students to practice customary measurement conversions in a Concentration/Memory Game format. There are four sets of cards dealing with the following measurements: length and area, weight and temperature, capacity, and time. Each set includes 16 cards consisting of eight matching pairs. Examples: 1 foot = 12 inches, 1 pound = 16 ounces, 1 gallon = 4 quarts, and 1 hour = 60 seconds, etc. Concentration/Memo