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Adult education applied math research
Real-World Budget Project
This project leads students through creating a real-life budget based on a given salary. The teacher can use a random number generator to assign a salary, then students must calculate their gross and net income and make decisions such as where to live, which car to drive, how much to spend on groceries, and future financial goals based on monthly savings. My classes have really loved this project as it is practical and fun! Students will conduct research and usually come to realize how tough it
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Elementary Menu Math and More - Meal Planning Kids Nutrition Project
Kid Friendly Menu Plan - UPDATED AND EXPANDED 3/17/22"Elementary Health - Meal Planning for Kids - Food and Nutrition Curriculum was written by a master's degree-level Registered Dietitian to teach kids important health science and nutrition principles that meet scholastic requirements and build life-long skills.Kids also develop research and writing skills, critical thinking, and budgeting while completing this curriculum.LOTS of hands-on, practical activities are included in this 200+ page cur
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Nutrition Project Meal Planning for Kids Super Bundle (K-12)
Crime Rate Analysis Assignment
A web based assignment to allow students to calculate the crime rates of various U.S. cities.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The A to Z of Credit Cards
This activity is similar to a webquest.
Students will use the given resources (or may find their own) to learn about the ins and outs of credit cards.
A list of questions (starting with A to Z) is given and students must research and answer each question (example: A - What is APR?)
This math project will take 2-3 class periods (approx. 40 minutes) and will require internet access in class, or could be assigned for completion at home. Alternatively, the teacher could print the resources for s
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Probability and the Law of Averages 1
Essential question: What is the probability of flipping one coin and getting a head?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip a coin a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of heads and record it below (as a fraction).While my main focus is psychology I do have a ton of math and statistics stuff… You have managed to find the source of the best
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to Invest in Real Estate Activity
Here's a handout I made for students about how to profit from investing in real estate. It requires them to use Zillow.com and do some math by plugging in numbers to formulas.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Economics Bundle: Personal Finance, Businesses, and the Stock Market
Financial Algebra: Researching a Car Purchase/Car Sales Tax
Students will research cars for sale on 3 different websites. Then calculate the sales tax for the cars selected. They will then pick the best car for them, explain why, and then calculate total cost of the car including various fees, sales tax, etc.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Finance - Creating a Business Stock Profile
In this performance task, students will select a company within the stock market that they would be interested in ‘investing’ in. They will learn to read, gather and interpret the stock profile pages from yahoo finance to create their a profile on that company based on the real-time data. They will use the stocks profile page to read a company's profile and see charts, earnings, fundamentals, valuations, and more to help you research securities.Their final product will be a Canva Presentation (y
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Systems of Equations - Comparing Phone Plans Project
Students are guided through a phone comparison. Then students will research plans and compare them in groups. This activity also includes 4 different homework problems similar to the phone comparison but related to other fields.
This project can be performed in any class studying solving systems of equations.
In the past, I have had the groups present their findings on a third day.
classes: algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2, pre-calculus, calculus, applied math
Here are links to my other alge
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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RESEARCH BASED MATHEMATICS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
This book has been primarily written for students of Senior High Schools and Colleges to appreciate the importance of studying mathematics in everyday life. The book is also recommended for students who are studying for their West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination and Diploma Examination in Mathematics and other examinations, undergraduates can also make use of most of the topics covered in the book.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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EXPONENTS ARE FUN: ACTIVITY WORKSHEET
This 2 page activity requires the students to solve for the exponent not for x. There is a math research question at the end of the activity. An answer sheet is provided.
SMOOTH GOLDEN EGGS
GOLDEN RATIO in EGG SHAPESHere, I use Golden Ratio to plot different egg shapes with smooth surfaces, with the help of a mathematical function I propose in this paper. It is an extremely fun activity you can conduct with your math students who have some knowledge on functions, limits, and derivatives. As mentioned above, in this paper, I intend to demonstrate how to plot smooth “Golden Eggs” using mathematical functions. In order to do that, I first review a proposed shape for a Golden Egg, whi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Probability and the Law of Averages 4
Essential question: What is the probability of flipping four coins and getting four heads?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of 4 heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip a coin a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of 4 heads and record it below (as a fraction).While my main focus is psychology I do have a ton of math and statistics stuff… You have managed to find the source of
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Probability and the law of Averages 7
Probability and the law of averages 7Essential question: What is the probability of flipping 7 coins and getting 7 heads?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of 7 heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip a 7 coins a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of 7 heads and record it below (as a fraction).While my main focus is psychology I do have a ton of math and statistics stuff… You
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Probability and the Law of Averages 8
Probability and the law of averages 8... ok, honestly this is probably a bit of overkill but once you have the template it is easy to make more...Essential question: What is the probability of flipping 8 coins and getting 8 heads?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of 8 heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip a 8 coins a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of 8 heads and record
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Probability and the Law of Averages 5
Probability and the law of averages 5Essential question: What is the probability of flipping five coins and getting 5 heads?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of 5 heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip 5 coins a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of 5 heads and record it below (as a fraction).While my main focus is psychology I do have a ton of math and statistics stuff… You
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Probability and the Law of Averages 3
Probability and the law of averages 3Essential question: What is the probability of flipping two coins and getting two heads?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of 3 heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip a coin a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of 3 heads and record it below (as a fraction).While my main focus is psychology I do have a ton of math and statistics stuff… You
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Probability and the Law of Averages 2
Probability and the law of averages 2Essential question: What is the probability of flipping two coins and getting two heads?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of 2 heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip a coin a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of 2 heads and record it below (as a fraction). Then graphing the results.While my main focus is psychology I do have a ton of mat
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Probability and the Law of Averages 6
Essential question: What is the probability of flipping 6 coins and getting 6 heads?We will be graphing the results of our experiment in terms of the percent of 6 heads over the number of coin flips.To do this experiment correctly, you will flip a 6 coins a total of 600 times, after each set of 40 you will add up the TOTAL number of 6 heads and record it below (as a fraction).Students then graph the data.While my main focus is psychology I do have a ton of math and statistics stuff… You have man
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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3D Editable Radial Diagram - Google Slide and Google Sheet files
With this 3D Editable Radial Diagram you can easily prepare your diagram presentations and you can use them in almost any activity. Be creative!Useful for any teacher that wants to explain and demonstrate what is a diagram, why and when people are using it. Radial Diagrams help you and your students visualize the results, learn fractions, etc.This is an editable Radial Diagram. You will get 1 Google Spreadsheet File and 1 Google Slide file. You will edit all the data in the Spreadsheet and you w
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Editable Double Column Chart Diagram for Digital Learning - Google Slide
With this Editable Double Column Chart Diagram for Digital Learning you can easily prepare your column chart diagram presentations and you can use them in almost any activity. Be creative!Useful for any teacher that wants to explain and demonstrate what is a column chart diagram, why and when people are using it. Column chart Diagrams help you and your students visualize the results, read diagram charts, etc.This is an editable Column Chart Diagram. You will get 1 Google Spreadsheet File and 1 G
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Editable Chart Diagram - One Column - for Digital Learning - Google Slide
With this Editable One Column Chart Diagram for Digital Learning you can easily prepare your column chart diagram presentations and you can use them in almost any activity. Be creative!Useful for any teacher that wants to explain and demonstrate what is a column chart diagram, why and when people are using it.Column chart Diagrams help you and your students visualize the results, read diagram charts, etc. Very helpful for math activities and statistics.This is an editable Column Chart Diagram. Y
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Buying a Car
Students will research the costs of buying a car including total, monthly payments, and monthly gas cost. They will need internet access to be able to complete this assignment.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Using Amortization to Analyze Home Buying Options
This activity integrates internet resources and technology by using online an amortization calculator to calculate monthly payments and interest for a home mortgage. Students also research other costs associated with buying a home, and simulate buying a home by selecting a home on Zillow.com or a realtor website.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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