Intermath offers a definition of a dodecagon with various drawings of them. The site contains links to the left that give a real world example, related terms, an understanding of the term, "Interactive Checkpoint", and challenging...

A video presentation covering the history and evolution of statistics, as well as this area of math's link to our everyday world. View simple examples, including the application of statistics in the business world. [28:36]

Given a description of a real-world relationship, determine whether that relationship is linear or exponential. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Practice analyzing the end behavior of two functions that model similar real-world relationships, where one function is exponential and the other is polynomial. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...

Find a linear function that represents a real-world relationship that is given verbally. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.

Find and represent the average rate of change of a real-world relationship. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly or receive hints.

For this task, students investigate the power of exponential growth in this real-world example of an invasive species that was introduced to Florida in 1966, a giant snail. Aligns with F-LE.A.2 and F-LE.A.4.

This task provides a real-world context for examining the power of exponential growth and decay. Students experiment, at the macro level, using scotch tape to pull a chip of graphite apart into two pieces. They are asked to find about...

Sixth graders work with positive and negative numbers in a real-world context in this problem about elevation as it relates to sea level. Aligns with 6.NS.C.5.

Students act as astronomers, studying stars in a patch of sky in our own galaxy. Using simulated data from spectroscopy and other real-world instrumentation, students learn to determine star positions, radial velocity, proper motion, and...

This lesson is a real world task that combines many skills the students have learned throughout the school year.

This site gives a description of regular polygons along with visual representations of several polygons. There are links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point...

At this website there is basic information about world population growth over the last 300+ years. The link at the end of the article is to another article that compares the population growth of two states.

Simulation where learners apply mathematics and economics concepts in the lemonade business. Learners set up a virtual lemonade stand and must determine production costs, product variables, and profits. Learners record data collected on...

Given the graph that models a real-world context, answer a question about the periodicity of the graph. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Match features of graphs of modeling functions to their real-world meaning. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Solve word problems about real-world relationships that are given in graphs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Given a graph that models a real world context, answer a question about the end behavior of the graph. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

In this lesson on multiplying by seven, students learn about equal groups, explore word problems, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.

In this lesson on multiplying by eight, young scholars learn about equal groups, explore word problems, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.

In this activity on partitioning circles, 2nd graders learn key vocabulary, explore drawing equal shares, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.

In this lesson on multiplying by five and ten, students learn about equal groups, explore word problems, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.

Looks at the many devices used to measure angles in academic settings and in real-world settings.

Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated lesson that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.