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Math: Penny Equations
If your students can't make heads or tails of equations, try these Abe-inspired word problems.
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Math: Football Stats Activity
With help from the top draft pick of 2012, your students will calculate and evaluate football stats.
Teacher Review: Incorporating sports statistics with math lessons really gets my kids interested in the assignment.
Math: NBA Playoff Stats Word Problems
Students learn about the LA Clippers' lucky charm for the playoffs and use Blake Griffin's real life stats to connect with word problems.
Teacher Review: The excitement of the NBA playoffs help connect students to challenging stat and percentage problems.
Math: Working with Celebritiy Salaries Activity
Celeb salaries add bling to your data analysis, graphing and stats problems.
Teacher Review: The topics in the Pop Culture printables activities cover everything my students love!
Math: Calculating Football Stats
With this sporty stats activity, your students will calculate and evaluate the stats for 2011's first NFL draft pick.
Teacher Review: Using sports to teach math relates something they typically dislike with something they love.
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