2 Pi Day digital math escape room activities
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by ScaffoldedMath
2w ago
Today is Pi Day so I wanted to share a couple digital activity ideas. Both also come in print, if you prefer having your students work on paper.  The first is a Pi Day digital math escape room for middle school where students find either the area or the circumference of a circle, given diameter or radius. Students calculate their answers then type the correct 4-letter code to move to the next puzzle.  The next is a Pi Day digital math escape room for older kids. In some of the problems, students are asked to find the diameter or radius, given circumference or area. The correct 4 ..read more
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Finding Percent of a Number Cheat Sheet
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by ScaffoldedMath
2w ago
Knowing how to calculate the percentage of a number is pretty much the basis of consumer math. This skill comes up when calculating interest, tips at restaurants, discounts from coupons, tax on purchased items and with budgeting. It's such a simple but important skill for students to learn and really become comfortable with before graduation. I recently posted a cheat sheet on Facebook and got a comment about another cheat sheet I had shared some time ago in our consumer math Facebook group. It's a sheet showing students how to find a percentage of a number by dividing by 2 to find 50%, div ..read more
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25% off everything February 6 & 7, 2024
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by ScaffoldedMath
1M ago
There's a 2-day sale happening this week on TPT and on my website. Everything in both stores is 25% off during the sale with code FEBSALE24 at checkout. During the sale, take 25% off: math word walls,  digital math escape rooms,  algebra activities,  algebra 2 activities, math pennants,  all bundles, and everything else.  How it works on TPT: My TPT store will be set to 20% off on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 6 and 7, 2024. With code FEBSALE24 at checkout, you will get an additional 5% off.  How it works on my we ..read more
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"2 Truths and a Lie" Error Analysis Math Activities
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by ScaffoldedMath
2M ago
In this post you'll find "2 truths and a lie" math activities, each with error analysis questions built right in. Every activity is set up the same way-- find the error (the "lie") on each card, then correct the error on the student answer sheet. Students get practice identifying math errors in the context of different math topics, and then with fixing those errors. Here is the first card from an integer operations "2 truths and a lie" error analysis activity. There are 3 integer operations problems on the card, along with 3 statements comparing the answers. Students solve the 3 probl ..read more
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How many folds to reach the Moon?
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by ScaffoldedMath
2M ago
You probably already know that if you could fold a piece of paper 42 times the stack would reach the Moon. This always feels so unbelievable, but the math checks out! In this post, I want to share a couple handouts for students to support a discussion about exponential growth, folding paper to reach the Moon and also a few conversation starters. Before the handouts, I like to ask students to give their best guess as to how many folds it would take a piece of paper to reach the Moon. Students will likely reply with "a million", "a hundred million", or say that we can only fold a piece of pa ..read more
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Free Printable Multiplication Poster
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by ScaffoldedMath
2M ago
Last summer, my daughter worked hard to learn her multiplication facts. Some facts she memorized, some she used strategies such as building on the facts that she already knew. For example, she adds one more number to her 11s to get to 12s. This was a multiplication strategy she completely taught herself. At first she was really annoyed with me for pushing her to learn her multiplication facts, especially during the summer. But now back in school, she's having an easier time working through homework and their Friday multiplication quizzes. She's also having an easier time with division, nam ..read more
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Teaching Budgeting in High School Consumer Math
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by ScaffoldedMath
2M ago
Teaching the ins and outs of budgeting was one of my favorite units to teach in Consumer Math. It started with us calculating net monthly income and ended with us commenting on how much we all spend on food. It was a fun unit to teach because it gave students the tools to analyze their own spending and how it aligned with their future goals. In our wages and salary unit, we learned that net monthly income is about 70% of gross monthly income. We often used this estimation when budgeting. We started each class with a warm-up that involved budgeting for a make believe client. Here's Marti ..read more
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Discovering the sums of interior angles in a polygon
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by ScaffoldedMath
4M ago
Ripping the corners off a triangle to prove the sum of its interior angles is 180 degree is my favorite visual proof. Over the weekend, I posted a couple short videos for finding the sum of interior angles in a polygon, so here I wanted to share the videos and the worksheets from the videos. Sum of interior angles - triangle and quadrilateral video Above is a short, 17-second video showing the sum of a triangle's interior angles is 180 degrees, and the sum of a quadrilateral's interior angles is 360 degrees. Sum of interior angles of a pentagon video This second short ..read more
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25% off with code CYBER23 at checkout
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by ScaffoldedMath
4M ago
Starting today, Friday November 24, 2023, take 25% off your order at shopscaffoldedmath.com with code CYBER23 at checkout. This is where you can get the Scaffolded Consumer Math Curriculum with its brand new car and health insurance units, along with math word walls other math bundles. The sale starts on TPT on Monday November 27 where the same code CYBER23 will take 25% off your order at checkout.  What's new? What 2 Numbers? Digital Math Escape Room Slope from a Table Coloring Page Making Change Task Cards What 2 Numbers? Multipl ..read more
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New Health Insurance Unit-- consumer math curriculum
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by ScaffoldedMath
4M ago
The Scaffolded Consumer Math Curriculum has a new unit-- health insurance. Students will learn the ins and outs of copays, coinsurance, deductibles, out of pocket maximums, and of course the math behind it all. Just like every other unit in the curriculum, the new health insurance unit includes a printable PDF student book unit, a teacher's unit with answers to questions asked in the student book, student notebook pages, PowerPoint notes, an editable quiz, warm-ups and all answer keys. Vocabulary includes: premium, deductible, plan, deductible balance, HMP, PPO, copay, coinsurance, PCP, r ..read more
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