2008-2009 Problem of the Week Teacher Resources

Resources are provided with each of the problems listed below. Access to the individual pages is restricted to users who have subscribed to one of our membership services. More information is available on our Pricing Guide.

Packet - The Enhanced Problem Packet for Teachers, which contains an overview of the problem, teaching suggestions, our solutions, and, for problems from our Library, sample student work with suggested interventions.

Activity Series - Examples of problem-specific activities from our Problem Solving and Communication Activity Series. You can see this year's activity series below:

2008-2009 Problem Solving and Communication Activity Series

Online Resources - Materials designed to support the use of the problem, including related problems from the Library, questions and answers from the Ask Dr. Math archives, interactive tools such as applets and spreadsheets from Math Tools, and more!

[Math Fundamentals]    [Pre-Algebra]    [Algebra]    [Geometry]


Math Fundamentals
  Problem Name Packet Activity Series Online Resources
  Subway Tokens PDF file PDF file Web page
  Zelma's ZIP Code PDF file PDF file Web page
  You Think Your Teacher is Tough! PDF file PDF file Web page
  Order in the Court PDF file PDF file Web page
  Growing Worms PDF file PDF file Web page
  Wooden Legs PDF file PDF file Web page
  Nuts in a Bowl PDF file PDF file Web page
  Building Barns PDF file PDF file Web page
  Rugby Rules! PDF file PDF file Web page
  Change You Can't Count On PDF file PDF file Web page
  Dashing Through the Snow PDF file PDF file Web page
  The Farmer in the Dilemma PDF file PDF file Web page
  Toys To Go PDF file PDF file Web page
  Chicken Little's Eggs PDF file PDF file Web page
  Sharing Birthdays PDF file PDF file Web page
  Zoo Train PDF file PDF file Web page
  She Counts Seashells PDF file PDF file Web page
  Sports Weigh In PDF file PDF file Web page
  Four Dates PDF file PDF file Web page
  Moons, By Jove! PDF file PDF file Web page

Pre-Algebra
  Problem Name Packet Activity Series Online Resources
  Cadence PDF file PDF file Web page
  Tiling Triangles PDF file PDF file Web page
  Caliyah's Cart PDF file PDF file Web page
  Women's Walkway PDF file PDF file Web page
  Measuring Melons PDF file PDF file Web page
  Ostrich Llama Count PDF file PDF file Web page
  Two Heads are Better Than One PDF file PDF file Web page
  Lillian's Lines PDF file PDF file Web page
  Gas Guzzlers PDF file PDF file Web page
  Unknown Numbers PDF file PDF file Web page
  Movie Seating PDF file PDF file Web page
  Top Notch Nose Contest PDF file PDF file Web page
  Lincoln's Top Hat PDF file PDF file Web page
  Mixing Marbles PDF file PDF file Web page
  Peeling Potatoes PDF file PDF file Web page
  Dollar Dealing PDF file PDF file Web page
  Bartering with Bananas PDF file PDF file Web page
  Suli's Sense PDF file PDF file Web page
  Waste Not, Want Not PDF file PDF file Web page
  Sing a Song of Sunscreen PDF file PDF file Web page

Algebra
  Problem Name Packet Activity Series Online Resources
  Operation Warm Up PDF file PDF file Web page
  Filling Glasses PDF file PDF file Web page
  Eating Contest PDF file PDF file Web page
  Sierpinski Stages PDF file PDF file Web page
  To Be or Not To Be PDF file PDF file Web page
  Voter Turnout PDF file PDF file Web page
  A Championship Season PDF file PDF file Web page
  How Many Ties? PDF file PDF file Web page
  Two By Canoe PDF file PDF file Web page
  A Slippery Slope PDF file PDF file Web page
  Symbol Logic PDF file PDF file Web page
  Pressed for Time PDF file PDF file Web page
  A Phone-y Deal? PDF file PDF file Web page
  Swapping Marbles PDF file PDF file Web page
  Fraction Debate PDF file PDF file Web page
  Polynomial Power PDF file PDF file Web page
  The Bouncing Ball PDF file PDF file Web page
  Field Trip PDF file PDF file Web page
  The ABCs of Exponents PDF file PDF file Web page
  Factor Bingo PDF file PDF file Web page

Geometry
  Problem Name Packet Activity Series Online Resources
  Points, Lines, and Planes PDF file PDF file Web page
  Divided Rectangle PDF file PDF file Web page
  Dilating a Quadrilateral PDF file PDF file Web page
  Where's Juanita Walking? PDF file PDF file Web page
  The Shortest Possible Side PDF file PDF file Web page
  A Minor Problem PDF file PDF file Web page
  Triple Tango PDF file PDF file Web page
  Pythagorean Circles PDF file PDF file Web page
  Circle Derby PDF file PDF file Web page
  Making the Biggest Triangle PDF file PDF file Web page
  Two Rectangles PDF file PDF file Web page
  Making a Six-Pointed Star PDF file PDF file Web page
  The Coordinated Quadrilateral PDF file PDF file Web page
  Snail's Trail PDF file PDF file Web page
  Building a Regular Hexagon PDF file PDF file Web page
  Pondering Pantographs PDF file PDF file Web page
  Regional Ratios PDF file PDF file Web page
  Flying High PDF file PDF file Web page
  A Circle Inscribed in an Isosceles Triangle PDF file PDF file Web page
  In a Pickle PDF file PDF file Web page