Books written by Jerry Burkhart
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity (Grades 5-8)
In Stage 1, students use similar shapes and the Pythagorean theorem to make new discoveries about square roots. is will give them a strong ba ground for simplifying square roots in algebra. To prepare students for Problem #1, ...
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Numbers and Operations (Grades 5-8)
The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they investigate the numeration systems of creatures from another planet, create and solve stories and problems with extreme numbers, use place ...
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Factors and Multiples (Grades 5-8)
Ask students to think of ways to continue or extend this exploration. Here are some possibilities: ยป In this exploration, you saw a pa ern in the sums of odd numbers: 1 1+3 1+3+5 1+3+5+7 Explore pa erns in other sums.
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Fractions (Grades 5-8)
The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they solve puzzles, create stories, and explore fraction-related concepts that take them from the mathematics of ancient Greece to the outer ...
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Probability and Statistics
Stretch your students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they solve challenging real-world and mathematical problems that extend concepts from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in Advanced Common Core Math ...
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Measurement and Polygons
The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they create and manipulate geometric figures, draw and analyze complex designs, and develop and apply measurement strategies to solve challenging ...
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Measurement & Polygons (Grades 5-8)
The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they create and manipulate geometric figures, draw and analyze complex designs, and develop and apply measurement strategies to solve challenging ...
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Fractions
The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they solve puzzles, create stories, and explore fraction-related concepts that take them from the mathematics of ancient Greece to the outer ...
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Factors and Multiples
The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they explore mystifying patterns of colored blocks, analyze paths of pool balls, solve mathematical word puzzles, and unravel a baffling ...
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Numbers and Operations
The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they investigate the numeration systems of creatures from another planet, create and solve stories and problems with extreme numbers, use place ...
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Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Probability and Statistics (Grades 5-8)
Stretch your students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they solve challenging real-world and mathematical problems that extend concepts from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in Advanced Common Core Math ...