By Bill Lombard on 2 October, 2011
Ring a Bell Numbers is one of my favorite game-type activities in the classroom since it allows numbers from outside the classroom to enter my students’ lives in a fun, engaging way. Here are some reasons to use this activity: Good for class game by teams Excellent way to reinforce the importance of numbers Shows [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 13 April, 2011
On my mathvideouniversity site on youtube, I’ve begun a series of videos intended to bring FUN into the math classroom while still teaching sound mathematics. My coauthor, Brad Fulton, and I have created literally thousands of pages of activities on Microsoft Word and PowerPoint that are currently residing on our hard drives. Prior to making [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 10 April, 2011
After working with a concept for awhile, students need to be able to think clearly about the process. This series of worksheets and videos concentrate on asking students to determine HOW MANY solutions exist for particular situations. Student Directions: For the given questions, circle the number of solutions. Then state clearly how you determined your [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 5 April, 2011
Here’s Part 2 of the Reverse the Math Puzzle: Using the numbers 1, 3, and 5, and mathematical operations, create expressions that equal the numbers from 1 through 10. This puzzle increases number sense and reinforces the concepts of exponents, factorials, and operations. You can see Part 1 here.
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By Bill Lombard on 1 April, 2011
The Factoring Quadratic Polynomials video shares five approaches/techniques I take in class with students when explaining how to do well on standardized tests. I factor five polynomials using these techniques – remember to pause and rewind as you watch – you’re in total control.
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By Bill Lombard on 27 March, 2011
The Standardized Test Strategy – Working Backwards video shares one approach I take in class with students when explaining how to do well on standardized tests. It’s helpful to have the correct answer as one of the possible answers given on the test. It’s even nicer when you have some strategies to make it even [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 27 March, 2011
The Standardized Test Strategy – Eliminate Impossible Answers video shares the approach I take in class with students when explaining how to do well on standardized tests. There’s a lot of good thinking that can be found in multiple choice tests, and I stress with students that they want to be “smart test-takers” when doing [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 27 March, 2011
The Sum Equals Product Puzzle Part 2 – Solution shares the video showing the approach I took to solve this puzzle, which asks “Can you find a set of positive integers whose sum equals their product?” The original problem some extensions, and the generalization are shown, along with the algebra proof. You can play the [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 25 March, 2011
Line by Line – A Mathematical Puzzle Poem gives the reader clues about a mathematical poem made up of numbers. Each line gives a clue about the line following. Line by Line, Part 2 will present the solution. Here is where you can find this (somewhat ) classic poser on youtube: A Mathematical Puzzle Poem
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By Bill Lombard on 25 March, 2011
Here’s a puzzle from the California Math Communicator, the quarterly math journal for California’s math teachers from the California Math Council. The Sum Equals Product Puzzle asks the question, “Can you find two positive integers whose sum equals their product?” Bill Lombard shares this problem and shows several extensions of this puzzle about number sense. [...]
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