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The intent of our Mathnerdy columns is to provide teachers and students with quick review problems in a game-like format. Working quickly under pressure is an actuality on Proficiency Tests, ACTs and SATs. Our Mathnerdy columns afford timed responses, in a fun and non-threatening atmosphere, that put a little pressure on the student. We have ten sets of 20 “Mathnerdy” columns, for fifth grade students through Calculus, so our “Mathnerdys” review many, many topics at varying levels of difficu

Plane and Simple In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in the first quadrant of a coordinate plane. 2). reflect a plane-figure across the y-axis Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer different slants and blends from most of the

The intent of our Mathnerdy columns is to provide teachers and students with quick review problems in a game-like format. Working quickly under pressure is an actuality on Proficiency Tests, ACTs and SATs. Our Mathnerdy columns afford timed responses, in a fun and non-threatening atmosphere, that put a little pressure on the student. We have ten sets of 20 “Mathnerdy” columns, for fifth grade students through Calculus, so our “Mathnerdys” review many, many topics at varying levels of difficu

The intent of our Mathnerdy columns is to provide teachers and students with quick review problems in a game-like format. Working quickly under pressure is an actuality on Proficiency Tests, ACTs and SATs. Our Mathnerdy columns afford timed responses, in a fun and non-threatening atmosphere, that put a little pressure on the student. We have ten sets of 20 “Mathnerdy” columns, for fifth grade students through Calculus, so our “Mathnerdys” review many, many topics at varying levels of difficu

The intent of our Mathnerdy columns is to provide teachers and students with quick review problems in a game-like format. Working quickly under pressure is an actuality on Proficiency Tests, ACTs and SATs. Our Mathnerdy columns afford timed responses, in a fun and non-threatening atmosphere, that put a little pressure on the student. We have ten sets of 20 “Mathnerdy” columns, for fifth grade students through Calculus, so our “Mathnerdys” review many, many topics at varying levels of difficu

In this Board Session students will… -use the order of operations & properties to simplify expressions -work with exponents -solve some one-step and two-step equations and inequalities mechanically and mentally -work with some negative exponents -work some algebra into area and perimeter of a rectangle -change word phrases into math phrases, substitute, evaluate -work with integers and absolute values We DO have a complete set of the 20 8th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a

OH My! In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). draw line segments. 3). reflect segments and plane figures across the x- and y-axis. 4). name polygons by the number of sides. 5). find the perimeters of some polygons. 6). find the area of a square. 7). recall the number of degrees in a right angle. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the s

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 16, Verse 16 - Solving two-step equations involving integers Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All of our puzzle

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 12, Verse 18 - Solving open sentences (with some fractional roots) involving the distributive property Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Ge

In this Board Session students will… -substitute in a variable expression, then simplify the expression -work with exponents -work with properties and order of operations -solve one-step equations with rational numbers in them -find the perimeter & area of a rectangle -determine the place value of digits in a decimal number -order some rational numbers from least to greatest We DO have a complete set of the 20 7th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual ses

In this Board Session students will… -add, subtract, and convert various measures -work with exponents, order of operations and arithmetic -estimate area & perimeter of rectangle with fractional sides,then find them -find the answers to one-step equations mentally or mechanically -estimate the answers to some ugly binary fractional operations -arrange some rational numbers from least to greatest We DO have a complete set of the 20 7th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount

In this Board Session students will… -add and subtract whole numbers -work with exponents -locate and order numbers on a number line -write out decimal numbers in words -round off numbers to various decimal places -work with Roman Numerals We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in finding it you might want to try copying: 5th Grade Board Sessions, Complete Set of 20, Common Co

In this Board Session students will… -use the order of operations & properties to simplify expressions -work with exponents -substitute for variables in an expression, then evaluate it -round a decimal number to various places -do some more advanced thinking about the area & perimeter of a square -write a couple decimal numbers in words We DO have a complete set of the 20 8th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease

A Little Symmetric Adornment In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in the first quadrant of a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). add integers. 3). reflect segments and plane figures across the x- and y-axis. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is

A Christmas Construction In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). solve two-step equations involving integers. 3). reflect a polynomial across the y-axis. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer di

In this Board Session students will… -use order of operations to simplify rational expressions -work with exponents -solve equations with one step, and mentally -order rational numbers from least to greatest -substitute in variable expressions, then simplify the expression -use divisibility rules with a number -prime factor, find a GCF and a LCM We DO have a complete set of the 20 6th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in

In this Board Session students will… -work with some negative exponents -work with percent buying at a discount & sales taxing -write rational numbers as equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents -use open sentences in finding missing angles in triangles -substitute for variables in an expression, then evaluate the expression -alter the sides of a rectangle, and note how it changes the perimeter and area -calculate the monthly cost for a sofa bought over a year usin

In this Board Session students will… -work with some percent problems -work with percent in budgeting and circle graph -arrange a set of rational numbers from least to greatest -change word sentences to open sentences and solve -solve 1- and 2-step equations mechanically, and mentally -work with change in a rectangle if measures are doubled We DO have a complete set of the 20 7th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in fi

In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). take the per cent of a number (common per cents and whole numbers). 3). reflect line segments across the y-axis. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer

In this Board Session students will… -work with the order of operations -work with exponents -solve one-step equations and Guess & Check -substitute for variables and simplify the expressions -estimate some rational number operations, then perform -work multiplying and dividing fractions and decimals -arrange numbers from least to greatest -convert fractions to their decimal equivalents -do an applied arithmetic story problem We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed,