Math Notations

This website provides mathematical challenges, problems of the day and investigations as well as test practice for grades 7 -12.

This blog currently has a challenge problem involving the following mathematical scenario:

You're on a superhighway in the middle of nowhere at 10 PM, your fuel tank shows about a quarter of a tank remaining, your trip odometer shows you've gone about 180 miles since the last fill-up and you just passed a fuel rest stop. The sign reads "Next Rest Area and Gas - 58 miles." Are you in trouble or will you make it?


The post lasts from March 9 - March 11. Many teachers respond, questioning the mathematical soundness of the problem as well as whether or not the problem is worded correctly fnor middle school students. I would not use this with my students, because if teachers including myself have difficutly with understanding this problem, I know that my students will.

In addition to the investigation above, there are also many links to pi day activities and investigations.

New Blog - Let's Play Math

Let's Play Math Blog - http://letsplaymath.wordpress.com/

3/04/09

This blog is about playing around with Mathematics and integrating different fun learning activities for grades K-12.

Math Teacher's at Play #1

This blog reveals many different activities to use with students ranging from elementary to high school. Specifically for middle school, there are several engaging activities that can be used to help students understand difficult math concepts such as exponential curves and factoring trinomials. There is also a link to a blog about "Friday Afternoon Life Savers" which has a blog about many friday afternoon puzzles and activities that a teacher can do with a class in order for students to gain a deeper understanding of a particular subject. I have already browsed through this link to see what I can potentially use with my class. Sometimes students get very restless at the end of the week and these puzzles would be a great way to change things up a bit.