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Interactive Number Theory - From Learning Wave Online. Learn about order of operations, commutative and associative properties of addition and multiplication, distributive property, and additive property of zero. Practice Problems. Numerous interactive challenges provide motivation and give students a rigorous workout.

Associative Property – BrainPop movie and quiz. Choose math, associative property.

Commutative Property – BrainPop movie and interactive quiz. Choose math, commutative property.

Distributive Property – BrainPop movie and interactive quiz. Choose math, distributive property.

2.2- 2.8 properties of real numbers

.1 1.5 Introduction to Algebra

4.8 Functions and Relations

Chapters 3.12 Reasoning Strategies: Making an Organized List
7.10 Reasoning Strategies: Simplify the Problem

Order of Operations - The user reviews the rules for the order of operations for a given expression. After viewing examples, users can interactively practice evaluating expressions following the rules for the order of operations.

Order of Operations - mathcasts by students simplying expressions using the correct order of operations.

Order of Operations - Exploration guide, interactive applets and assessment questions.

Order of Operations - Brainpop Movie and Interactive Quiz. Choose math and then order of operations
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Order of Operations - Video tutorial from the Tampa Educational Channel. One of over 30 topics specifically covering problem areas of middle school math. You may need to set up a free user account to access this site and see all topics. Designed as a homework help site, this makes an excellent link for teachers to include on their own web pages.

Using the Order of Operations - Lesson plan shows students how to solve problems using the order of operations and why the order of operations is used. Includes downloadable files that can be used as transparencies and directions for a card game of O-Oops!

Lesson on Order of Operations - Tutorial on the Order of Operations followed by a set of problems.

Penguins Eat MacDonald’s Sandwiches - Students will first recognize a need for an order of operations. Then they will learn about the order of operations and apply it to various problems. The acronym "Penguins Eat McDonalds' Sandwiches" will help students remember the order of operations.

Expression Maze - Practice evaluating expressions with this printable and fun maze game from Harcourt.

Negative Exponents - PurpleMath.com tutorial.

Algebasics - White board solutions to algebraic topics. Good for test review and exams. Choose section 6: Exponents

Exponents - Brainpop adventure with Tim and Moby. Choose math and then Exponents. Students discover how far it is to Mexico as they learn to convert numbers between standard and exponent form. Includes video and interactive quiz. Choose math, exponents.

Working With Exponents - Video tutorial from the Tampa Educational Channel. One of over 30 topics specifically covering problem areas of middle school math. You may need to set up a free user account to access this site and see all topics. Designed as a homework help site, this makes an excellent link for teachers to include on their own web pages. Students can pause and replay the videos as needed.

Working With Negative Exponents - Video tutorial from the Tampa Educational Channel. One of over 30 topics specifically covering problem areas of middle school math. You may need to set up a free user account to access this site and see all topics. Designed as a homework help site, this makes an excellent link for teachers to include on their own web pages. Students can pause and replay the videos as needed.

Exponents (Multiplication, Division, Negative Exponents) - The user reviews the basic rules of working with exponents in algebra. After viewing examples of the rules, users can interactively practice solving problems with exponents.

Multiplying Exponential Expressions – Explore Learning guided practice in simplifying expressions using multiplication. Students choose the correct steps to multiply exponential expressions and use the feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.

Dividing Exponential Expressions - Explore Learning guided practice in simplifying expressions using division. Students choose the correct steps to divide exponential expressions and use the feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.

AAA Math has a series of resources for scientific notation with explanation, practice, play and explore.

Equation Match - Shockwave game from the BBC. Students match pairs by working out the values in each equation. Includes help file of “key ideas” in solving an expression.

Purple math – tutorial on solving radical equations

Exploring Exponents and Scientific Notation - Junior High Interactive resource. Includes a video that illustrates how math is used by paleontologists in the study of dinosaurs. An interactive activity allows students to sort and then order numbers that are expressed in scientific notation. A print activity about exponents can be downloaded.

Scientific Notation - Brainpop video explains how to write scientific notation using planet distances as an example. It walks students through the process of converting positive and negative numbers into scientific notation. Can be paused or replayed. Includes an interactive quiz.

Converting Numbers to Scientific Notation - Video tutorial from the Tampa Educational Channel. One of over 30 topics specifically covering problem areas of middle school math. You may need to set up a free user account to access this site and see all topics. Designed as a homework help site, this makes an excellent link for teachers to include on their own web pages. Students can pause and replay the videos as needed.

Quick Math Scientific Notation – Very cool JavaScript tool from Quick Math that lets you plug in numbers and then it walks the user through steps that it took to arrive at the conversion to scientific notation. Eight types of problems are covered.

Fact Monster Tutorial on scientific notation

Scientific Notation Conversions – Write a whole number in scientific notation and vice versa. Follow the directions to learn how to convert from scientific notation to whole numbers using an online scientific calculator, then make your own examples. Uses Macromedia flash.

Scientific Notation Problem Generator – JavaScript program that lets you convert basic numbers to scientific notation

Writing Algebraic Equations - Tutorial and practice

Equation Match - Shockwave game from the BBC. Students match pairs by working out the values in each equation. Includes help file of “key ideas” in solving an expression.

Balance Beam Activity - Solve simple linear equations using a balance beam representation. (Click here for CTAP unpacking of this resource).

Balance Beam – Solving equations
Interactive text (itext) from Prentice Hall.  Includes a teacher QuickTime video explaining the process of balancing equations. Could be used with previous activity.

The Language of Algebra - The user can practice their understanding of algebraic terms, the correct order of operations, and how to write equations and inequalities as they take an online interactive quiz. (Math.com)

Writing Inequalities - Students learn how to write inequalities from sentences. After viewing examples, users can interactively match sentences to the equivalent inequality. (Math.com)

Using Algebraic Equations – Explore Learning gizmo. Students translate equations into English sentences and translate English sentences into equations. Read the equation or sentence and select word tiles or symbol tiles to form the corresponding sentence or equation .guided practice and exploration.

1.3 Order of Operations
1.1 Symbols and Expressions

1.2 Exponents & Powers

5.1 Exponents
5.2 More With Exponents

For Purple Math:
Chapters12.3 Solving Radical Equations
Chapter 11.9 Equations with radicals

8.5 Scientific notation
5.4 Scientific notation

1.5 Translating Words into Mathematical Symbols
1-6 Writing Expressions

Motivating Math –Interactive Algebra practice with an interactive tool. Students are given a problem, ask to solve the problem on paper. They can choose to see individual steps to check their work and the solution to the problem. Choose lessons 5-8
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Mathulator - an online tool that can help students understand the concept by explaining sample problems and by evaluating whether statements are true or false. The graphing component is simple to use and can plot single functions or overlay them on previous functions.
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Algebasics - White board solutions to algebraic topics. Good for test review and exams. Choose section 4: Inequalities and section 5: absolute value.

Absolute Value Inequalities - a tutorial on solving absolute value inequalities by providing some examples and going through each one step by step. Purplemath

Purplemath Absolute Value - has extensive explanation of the absolute zero concept offers timelines for visual aids and also provides different kinds of problems where absolute value might appear.

Math Wizz: Absolute value problems - get a question and solve it. You can also get an answer with detailed explanations.

Regents Math A: Absolute value - includes a basic review, practice section and a whiteboard drill of absolute value.

Distributive Property – BrainPop movie and interactive quiz. Choose math and then distributive property.

Shodor: Algebra Quiz Game - Students have an on line quiz where the score and time elapsed is recorded on various level of solving equation problems.

Chapter 2.6 The Distributive Property

Chapters1.5T The Distributive Property
2.7 Using the Distributive Property

Equation Match - a BBC game where students have to match two equations that will give the same answer. There are three levels of play.

Interactive mathematics – algebra balance scale
This virtual manipulative allows you to solve simple linear equations through the use of a balance beam. Unit blocks (representing 1s) and X-boxes (for the unknown, X), are placed on the pans of a balance beam. Once the beam balances to represent the given linear equation, you can choose to perform any arithmetic operation, as long as you DO THE SAME THING TO BOTH SIDES, thus keeping the beam balanced. mthouse@pacbell.net
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Shodor: Algebra Four - A game for two players to for a connect four type of game where students solve equations (several difficulty levels of quadratic and/or linear equations)to drop a chip.

Algebasics - White board solutions to algebraic topics. Good for test review and exams. Choose section 2: Equations.

Quia Mathematics – Easy Algebra equations – Rags to Riches Students solve algebraic equations. For each correct answer the student moves up the money ladder. Can be played in html or Java

Tutorial - Linear equations in two variables – graphing
After completing this tutorial, the student should be able to:
1. Recognize when an equation in two variables is a linear equation.
2. Graph a linear equation.

Figure this! - solving word problems concerning linear equations and percents
Includes 80 math challenges that reinforce the math middle school students do in school. As the student proceeds through the problems, they are given more difficult problems to solve.

Math Challenge 17
Math Challenge 08

Lesson - Buy or Lease a car
Each student will come with information on 3 NEW cars they would like to drive. Then for each car the student will use the Buy/Lease calculator to see which option, buy or lease is best.


Math TV – Tune In, Roll 'Em, Episode 2, distance and Episode 1 mystery numbers
Students are given a problem and are shown how to solve it. Then, they are asked to solve a similar problem. Finally, they are given the opportunity to write their own problem and submit it to the website.
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Math TV - Percentages, Episode 3, Calculating Discounts, Check the Roll ‘em archives for Percentage problems (Episode 3) Students follow along as their TV host (IQ) works through step-by-step solutions of a word problem; then they are invited to solve an interactive word problem of their own. They can replay the video as needed. The practice area is equipped with a notepad and calculator. Whole numbers, fractions, percentages, ratios, probability, algebra and geometry topics are explored.
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Election Night with Percent - A graphing calculator activity in which the students will work primarily with the concept of % of a number. They will calculate the number of people expected to vote when given the population and % of registered voters along with historical data on percentage of voter turnout. They will then use polls to graph predictions.
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Percent Tricks - Teach your student how to calculate percentages using the Percent Tricks method. (Handout and Lesson Plan)

Finding Percents – Brainpop video and interactive quiz on how parts of the day are spent.
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Practice Using Percent Proportion
Tutorial for three types of questions and practice problems.

Percentages – (Virtual Manipulative) Discover relationships between fractions, percents, and decimals by specifying two of the three quantities (part, whole or percent) and computing results.

Percentage Converter - Virtual manipulative that lends itself to a discussion of relations among fractions, decimals, ratios and percentages.

How students spend parts of their day.
(Spreadsheet activity)

How Do You Manage Your Time? - Similar activity with extensive handouts, activities and web resources.