Math games : 180 reproducible activities to motivate, excite, and challenge students, grades 6-12 / Judith A. Muschla and Gary Robert Muschla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muschla, Judith A.

Contributor:

Muschla, Gary Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Middle school).

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.

Genre:

Problems and exercises.

Physical Description:

xvi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2004]

Summary:

Math Games

180 Reproducible Activities to Motivate, Excite, and Challenge Students, Grades 6- 12

Judith A. Muschla and Gary Robert Muschla

Math Games offers a dynamic collection of 180 reproducible activity sheets to stimulate and challenge your students in all areas of math- from whole numbers to data analysis- while emphasizing problem solving, critical thinking, and the use of technology for today's curriculum!

Each of the book's activities can help you teach students in grades 6 through 12 how to think with numbers, recognize relationships, and make connections between mathematical concepts. You pick the activity appropriate for their needs . . . encourage the use of a calculator . . . or provide further challenges with activities that have multiple answers.

Designed to be user friendly, all of the ready-to-use activities are organized into seven convenient sections and printed in a lay-flat format for ease of photocopying as many times as needed. Following is just a sample of the activities you'll find in each section: WHOLE NUMBERS: Includes 23 activities focusing on Operations, Place Value, Factors, Primes and Composites, Attributes of Numbers, Exponents, Types of Numbers, Patterns, and more. FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS: Offers 30 activities that explore topics such as Greatest Common Factor and Lowest Common Denominator, Mixed and Complex Fractions, Rounding Decimals, Money and Change, Scientific Notation, Ratios, Proportions, Operations with Percents, and more. GEOMETRY: Includes 26 games and activities that teach lessons about Parallel and Perpendicular Lines, Angles, Types of Quadrilaterals, Congruent and Similar Figures, Circles, Pythagorean Theorem, Line and Rotational Symmetry, Euler's Formula, and more. MEASUREMENT: Presents 30 math activities that highlight Customary and Metric Measures, Computation with Time, Equivalent Measures, Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales, Perimeter and Circumference, Areas of Polygons and Circles, Volume and Surface Area, and more. ALGEBRA: Includes 35 activities focusing on all operations with Integers, Functions, Equations, Radicals, Quadratic Functions and Equations, Linear Inequalities, and more. DATA ANALYSIS: Covers 9 math activities that offer lessons on Simple Probability, Data Displays, Addition and Subtraction of Matrices, Matrix Multiplication, Probability and Odds, and more. POTPOURRI: Contains 27 activities that feature Word Problems, Palindromes, Patterns, Translations and Reflections, Computer and Internet Words, and more.

"For classroom teachers interested in successfully incorporating differentiated lessons into the existing curriculum, this book offers ready-to-use and relevant activities. And for students, it provides an enjoyable opportunity to challenge themselves while studying familiar concepts." - Michelle DiGiovanni, 7th grade math and science teacher, Round Valley Middle School, Clinton Township, New Jersey

Contents:

Section 1 Whole Numbers 1

1-1. There's a Place for Everything: Operations and Place Value 2

1-2. Finding Missing Numbers: Operations with Whole Numbers 3

1-3. Finding the Largest and Smallest: Operations with Whole Numbers 4

1-4. A Number Chain: Operations with Whole Numbers 5

1-5. Which Is Greater? Operations and Rounding with Whole Numbers 6

1-6. The Trio Rounds to ...: Rounding Numbers 7

1-7. A Fact About You: Factors and Perfect Squares 8

1-8. Who Am I?: Factors, Primes, and Composites 9

1-9. Which One Does Not Belong? Attributes of Numbers 10

1-10. Cross Number Puzzle: Whole Numbers: Number Puzzle 11

1-11. The Powers of Primes: Exponents 12

1-12. Cubes and Squares: Exponents 13

1-13. An Exponential Typo: Exponents 14

1-14. Euclid and the GCF: Greatest Common Factor 15

1-15. Finding the LCM Using the GCF: Least Common Multiple 16

1-16. The Missing Symbols: Order of Operations 17

1-17. What a Mix-Up!: Order of Operations 18

1-18. A Perfect 10: Order of Operations 19

1-19. Not-So-Famous Firsts for Presidents: Order of Operations 20

1-20. What's Next? Patterns 21

1-21. Numbers of All Kinds: Types of Numbers 22

1-22. Val's Baby-Sitting Job: Application of Numbers 23

1-23. Is the Price Right? Number Sense 24

Section 2 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 25

2-1. Fractional Trivia: Equivalent Fractions 26

2-2. Odd Fraction Out: Equivalent Fractions 27

2-3. Don't Be Redundant: Fraction and Decimal Equivalences 28

2-4. Out of Order: Fraction Sequence 29

2-5. Don't Be Square: Greatest Common Factor and Lowest Common Denominator 30

2-6. Boxes and Numbers: All Operations with Proper Fractions 31

2-7. Think About This: All Operations with Fractions 32

2-8. Filling in Fractions: All Operations with Mixed Fractions 33

2-9. Making a Match: All Operations with Mixed Numbers 34

2-10. Not Really Complex at All: Complex Fractions 35

2-11. Making a Point: Place Value 36

2-12. More or Less: Comparing Decimals 37

2-13. What Comes First? Decimal Order 38

2-14. What's the Point? Decimals and Equivalent Fractions 39

2-15. Decimal Round-up: Rounding Decimals 40

2-16. A Decimal Cross Number Puzzle: All Operations with Decimals 41

2-17. The Missing Link: All Operations with Decimals 42

2-18. Get the Point: All Operations with Decimals 43

2-19. At the Mall: All Operations with Money 44

2-20. Do You Have Some Change? Money and Change 45

2-21. Human Body Statistics: Scientific Notation 46

2-22. Celestial Facts: Standard Form 47

2-23. Right and Wrong: All Operations with Fractions and Decimals 48

2-24. Mystery Ratios: Ratios 49

2-25. How Do You Rate? Ratios 50

2-26. What's Cooking? Proportions 51

2-27. Finding the Third: Fraction, Decimal, and Percent Equivalences 52

2-28. Times Change: Three Types of Percent Problems 53

2-29. Percents with a Twist: Three Types of Percent Problems 54

2-30. Short Work of Percents: Percents of Numbers and Percent of Increase 55

Section 3 Geometry 57

3-1. What's the Angle? Angles and Angle Pairs 58

3-2. Quilting Lines: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines 59

3-3. Counting Sides: Polygons 60

3-4. Sometimes It's Right! Acute, Obtuse, and Right Triangles 61

3-5. Find the Right Word: Types of Triangles 62

3-6. What's My Line? Lines of a Triangle 63

3-7. Angles and Measures: Angles of Parallel Lines and Transversals 64

3-8. A Quadrilateral by Any Other Name: Types of Quadrilaterals 65

3-9. What's the Measure? Angles of Quadrilaterals 66

3-10. A Polygon Word Find: Terms of Polygons and Angles 67

3-11. Always, Sometimes, Never: Angles and Polygons 68

3-12. Different and Yet the Same: Angles and Polygons 69

3-13. What's the Relationship? Angles and Polygons 71

3-14. All, Some, or No: Congruent and Similar Figures 72

3-15. Finding the Proof: Congruent Triangles 73

3-16. Finding Right Triangles: Pythagorean Theorem 74

3-17. Figure This: Special Right Triangles 75

3-18. Picture This: Lines of Symmetry 76

3-19. Spinning Around: Line and Rotational Symmetry 77

3-20. Don't Go in Circles! Terms of a Circle 78

3-21. A Circle Word Find: Circle Terms 79

3-22. Complete the Circle: Lines and Angles of a Circle 80

3-23. A Circular Chain: Lengths of Segments in Circles 81

3-24. 3-D Word Scramble: Terms of Three-Dimensional Figures 82

3-25. Finding 3-D Figures: Three-Dimensional Figures 83

3-26. A Great Swiss Mathematician: Euler's Formula 84

Section 4 Measurement 85

4-1. Going to Great Lengths: Customary Units of Length 86

4-2. The Long and Short of It: Metric Units of Length 87

4-3. Going the Distance: Lengths of Segments 88

4-4. Not Just for Cooking: Customary Units of Liquid Measure 89

4-5. Odd Measure Out: Customary Units of Length, Liquid, and Weight 90

4-6. Getting to the Basics: SI Units 91

4-7. Equal or Not Equal: Metric Units of Length, Liquid, and Weight 92

4-8. It's About Time: Computation with Time 93

4-9. Never Enough Time: Computation with Time 94

4-10. Timely Words: Words Relating to Time 95

4-11. Coded Equations: Units of Measure 96

4-12. How Do You Measure Up? Equivalent Measures 97

4-13. Take Your Measure: Miscellaneous Measures 98

4-14. Matching Temperatures: Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales 99

4-15. A Matter of Degree: Angle Measures 100

4-16. A Slice of the Circle: Angle Measures: Degrees and Radians 101

4-17. Finding the Way Around: Perimeters and Circumferences of Plane Figures 102

4-18. Going Around in "Squares": Perimeters of Irregular Figures 103

4-19. Sketching It Out: Area and Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles 104

4-20. Different Figures, Same Areas: Areas of Plane Figures 105

4-21. Drawing Geometric Figures: Area and Perimeter of Plane Figures 106

4-22. All Related: Areas of Rhombi, Triangles, and Rectangles 107

4-23. Going Full Circle: Measurements of Circles 108

4-24. Know What Formula to Use: Perimeter, Circumference, and Area Formulas 109

4-25. Formulas to the Max: Advanced Area Formulas for Polygons 110

4-26. A Step Beyond: Areas of Volumes and Right Prisms 111

4-27. Same and Different: Volume and Surface Area 113

4-28. What's the Value? Volume and Surface Area 115

4-29. Double Trouble: Various Measures of Length, Area, Volume, and Surface Area 116

4-30. Measuring Up: Customary Units of Measurement 117

Section 5 Algebra 119

5-1. Finding Solutions: Expressions 120

5-2. According to the Facts: Expressions 121

5-3. A Sweet Time Line: Number Line 122

5-4. A Place for Everything: Number Line 123

5-5. Finding Equal Expressions: Addition and Subtraction of Integers 124

5-6. Counting Down: Multiplication and Division of Integers 125

5-7. Finding the Largest and Smallest: All Operations with Integers 126

5-8. Integer Facts: All Operations with Integers 127

5-9. Parentheses, Please: Order of Operations 128

5-10. Numbers in Boxes: Operations with Real Numbers 129

5-11. Putting the Fun in Functions: Functions 130

5-12. Finding the Fourth: Functions 131

5-13. Absolutely Sure! Absolute Value 132

5-14. The Lucky 13: Expressions 133

5-15. An Equation Chain: Equations 134

5-16. Matching Equations: Equations 135

5-17. Not Quite Right: Equations 136

5-18. Correct Solutions: Equations 137

5-19. Get to the Point! Coordinate Plane 138

5-20. Common Knowledge: Coordinate Plane 139

5-21. A Shining Star: Systems of Equations 140

5-22. Doubletalk: Systems of Equations 141

5-23. A Radical Change: Radicals 142

5-24. Radical Matches: Basic Operations with Radicals 143

5-25. All in the Range: Quadratic Functions with Perfect Squares 144

5-26. And the Answer Is ...: Quadratic Equations 145

5-27. Varying Values: Quadratic Equations 146

5-28. Common to Both: Common Factors of Polynomials 147

5-29. Something's Wrong: Linear Inequalities 148

5-30. Absolutely Correct: Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities 149

5-31. Find the Functions: Composite Functions 150

5-32. Relativity: Families of Functions 151

5-33. Just Passing Through: Graphs 152

5-34. Defining Expressions: Domains of Functions 153

5-35. How Well Do You Function? Algebra of Functions 154

Section 6 Data Analysis 155

6-1. Passing the Test: Mean, Median, and Mode 156

6-2. Inserting the Missing Data: Mean, Median, and Mode 157

6-3. Charting the Temperatures: Line Graphs 158

6-4. A Piece of the Pie: Circle Graphs 159

6-5. Mark That Date: Simple Probability 160

6-6. All About Data: Data Displays 161

6-7. A Matrix Chain: Addition and Subtraction of Matrices 162

6-8. The Missing Elements: Matrix Multiplication 163

6-9. The Odds Are ...: Probability and Odds 164

Section 7 Potpourri 165

7-1. Deuces Are Wild: Basic Operations 166

7-2. Finding Missing Numbers: Basic Operations 167

7-3. Make a Quiz: Basic Operations 168

7-4. Reading the Signs: Basic Operations 169

7-5. Wheeling Around: Basic Operations 170

7-6. Math Tic-Tac-Toe: Equivalent Expressions 171

7-7. It's a Date: Roman Numerals 172

7-8. Left to Right or Right to Left: Palindromes 173

7-9. What's the Problem? Word Problems 174

7-10. And the Question is ...: Word Problems 175

7-11. You're the Teacher: Word Problems 176

7-12. Finding Missing Information: Word Problems 177

7-13. Create a Pattern: Patterns 178

7-14. Signs: Order of Operations 179

7-15. Numbers and Values: Equivalencies 180

7-16. A Mixed-up Magic Square: Computation 181

7-17. Math Word Chains: Mathematics Vocabulary 182

7-18. Finding the 10s: Variables and Expressions 183

7-19. Code Cracking: Equations 184

7-20. Turning It Around: Rotations, Translations, and Reflections 185

7-21. What's the Connection? Numbers and Relationships 186

7-22. Tracing Networks: Networks 187

7-23. Very "Plane": Vectors 188

7-24. The "Bases" of This Activity: Bases 2, 5, and 8 189

7-25. Sines, Cosines, and Tangents: Trigonometric Ratios 190

7-26. Cones, Cones, Cones: Conic Sections 191

7-27. Not Just for Techies: Computer and Internet Words 192.

ISBN:

0787970816

OCLC:

56071787