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The Birthday Problem
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, CalculusThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem asks, What if somebody offered to bet th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Boy or Girl
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, CalculusThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem asks, In a two-child family, one child i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Camel and Bananas
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Addition & SubtractionThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem asks, A camel must travel 1000 miles acr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Coin Problems
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, CalculusThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem asks, Tony has 11 more nickels than quar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Grazing Animals
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Geometry, Mathematics, CalculusThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. Problems on this page follow this pattern, A donkey is...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Missing Dollar
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Addition & SubtractionThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. The problem is a cleverly phrased arithmetic problem d...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Monty Hall Problem
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, CalculusThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem revolves around the game show Let s Make ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Hand Squeeze
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometryIn this activity, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, students measure the amount of time that it takes to pass a hand squ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Letters of the Alphabet
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometryIn this lesson, reviewed for grades 9-12 by Illuminations, students are asked to gather information about the alphabet and use o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0What We Do Adds Up
Grades: 4 to 6Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Mathematics, Addition & SubtractionOn this page from PBS Teacher Source s Mathline, students are given some basic statistics about waste and then asked to solve ma...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Bricks Activity- A Masonry Pattern Problem
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometryIn this lesson, students are challenged to solve a masonry problem involving patterns. The task is to find a brick-laying patter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Dominoes Activity
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Measurement & GeometryIn this lesson, students manipulate dominoes to solve a math problem. After an initial introduction, the students are challenged...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Magic Squares: Math, History, Geography
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geometry, Addition & Subtraction, Geography, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This collection of magical square resources is referenced on the Math Forum site. The links include definitions, magic square h...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0NRICH Online Maths Club
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus and 3 additional..NRICH aims to give people some idea of the range of applications of math and how it underpins human activity and our understandi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Up, Up, and How Far Away?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Mathematics, Calculus, Measurement & GeometryIn this PBS interactive activity, students estimate the distance between themselves and an airborne hot air balloon. Along the w...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Abacus: The Art of Calculating with Beads
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Number Sense, Mathematics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & GeometryThe abacus is a mechanical aid used for counting. Addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication can be performed on a stan...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Maytime Measuring
Grades: 2 to 8Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Mathematics, Calculus, Measurement & GeometryIn this activity, from the Franklin Institute, students compare the length of a shadow cast by a tree to that of heir own shadow...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Planemath Enterprises: Experimental Department
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, CalculusPlanemath s Experimental Department contains an online tutorial that reinforces the concepts of sample size and data analysis. W...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Math Forum: Finding the Value of Pi: 9-12 Numbers and Operations
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Calculus, Measurement & GeometryThis site is from the Math Forum collection. Math Forum s goal is to build an online community of teachers, students, researche...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Cynthia Lanius' Lesson: Rectangle Pattern Challenges
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, GeometryThis Illuminations Web resource presents a growing rectangle that is colored in a particular pattern of colors. The first three ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0