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STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will research a list of companies to invest in through purchasing stocks. Students will calculate the amount invested and readjust their investment choices.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are asked to add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative fractions.
Students are asked to evaluate expressions involving multiplication of rational numbers and use the properties of operations to simplify calculations.
Students are asked to rewrite complex fractions as simple fractions in lowest terms.
Students are asked to describe a real-world context for a given expression involving the product of two rational numbers.
Students are asked to combine rational numbers, including fractions and decimals, and use the properties of operations to simplify calculations.
Students are asked to explain why the product of a positive and a negative rational number is negative.
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Test your fraction skills by answering questions on this site. This quiz asks you to simplify fractions, convert fractions to decimals and percentages, and answer algebra questions involving fractions. You can even choose difficulty level, question types, and time limit.
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In this activity, students solve arithmetic problems involving whole numbers, integers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. This activity allows students to track their progress in learning how to perform arithmetic on whole numbers and integers. This activity includes supplemental materials, including background information about the topics covered, a description of how to use the application, and exploration questions for use with the java applet.
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Tutorial
In this example, we will work with three numbers in different formats: a percent, a decimal, and a mixed number.
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