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Beautiful Borders - Lisa Lavelle
active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help Abbie total the bill for sprucing up her room. ... more>>

Bunches of Basil - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine the maximum number of basil plants I will have after I finish thinning the garden. ... more>>

Circles Around - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use this exploration problem to discover the relation between circumference and diameter. ... more>>

Cubic Changes - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Determine how the volume and surface area of a cube change when the edge length is changed. ... more>>

Frog Farming - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Farmer Mead build a rectangular pen that holds the greatest number of frogs. ... more>>

Frugal Flooring - Marita Paynter
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Graeme determine how many tiles he needs to decorate his new bedroom and whether or not he can afford them. ... more>>

How Does Your Garden Grow? - Team 7 Red Math Students -- Highland Middle School
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Help the HMS students find out how many ways they can arrange their schoolyard garden. ... more>>

I Get A Kick Out Of Soccer! - Judy Ann Brown
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many laps of the soccer field would a team member need to complete to run more than a mile? ... more>>

Jellybean Rectangles - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Have fun figuring out strategy in the Jellybean Rectangle game. ... more>>

Lost in Space - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Figure out how big an error the engineers made when they mixed up their units. ... more>>

Lucky Lettuce Land - Kainoa Trotter, et al.
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help Farmer Lucky fence his lettuce land. ... more>>

Mini-Movie Theater Seating - Chrissy Stewart (adapted)
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. How many rowdy kids can sit in the Mini-Movie Theater? ... more>>

More Mowing Madness - George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Where should Matt and Georgette change places to evenly split their "Matt-mowing" work? ... more>>

Mowing Madness - George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Using a special "Matt-mowing" technique, find the dimensions of the last rectangle to be mowed in a 48 ft. by 64 ft. yard. ... more>>

Nova Scotia Quilt - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Use the area of a rectangular bed quilt to determine its dimensions. ... more>>

Puzzling Puzzle Pieces - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Explore the ways 108 puzzle pieces can be arranged. ... more>>

Rabbit's Run - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Help Regina develop options for building her rabbit's run. ... more>>

Special Stars - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Calculate the number of pipe cleaners Leah used to create a Star of David chain. ... more>>

Stained Glass Window - Jackson First Year Algebra Class
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 5. Find the size of a stained glass window for my front door. ... more>>

Tangrams - Claire Mead
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Discover some of the relationships among the pieces in a set of Tangrams. ... more>>

Teresa's Tiles - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. How many square tiles does Teresa need to cover her bathroom floor? ... more>>

Tricky Triangles - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. Arrange six toothpicks to create special triangles. ... more>>

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