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Monthly Archives: November 2012

Problem of the Week 12/3/2012

November 30, 2012

Some fun with geometry: 1) A rectangular container is 3/4 filled with oil. The length, width, and height of the …

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Problem of the Week 11/26/2012

November 29, 2012

Somehow missed this week, so here’s a Cyber Monday problem set courtesy of MathCounts: This year, Xavier purchased a new …

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Subtraction with regrouping: Focus on number sense

November 29, 2012

Subtraction with regrouping is often the nemesis of math teachers; it is one of those topics that many students just …

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What mathematics do teachers need to know?

November 28, 2012

For anyone planning to teach K-12 mathematics in the era of the Common Core Standards, this report from the Conference Board …

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Fun with large numbers, Fermi, and David Schwartz

November 26, 2012

If you placed quarters end to end all along the equator and then got to keep them all, how much …

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Set Theory Practice

November 21, 2012

Use this Venn Diagram activity as a visual aid to understand union, intersection, and subsets.

Bedtime Math

November 20, 2012

Be sure to visit Bedtime Math daily for fun, informative stories accompanied by math problems for your students at three levels.

The wheels on the bicycle

November 20, 2012

Click here for an interesting circle problem plus a great suggestion to enhance the task.

How many rectangles?

November 20, 2012

Give your students a challenge with this competition problem.

Operations on the Number Line

November 20, 2012

Number line activities build rational number sense. Click here for a great activity that will really make your students think!

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