Math Detectives B1

INTRODUCTION

• What is Math Detective?
• Key Ideas and Math Topics Charts
• Scoring Rubric/Assessment Criteria
• To the Student: Why You Should Become a Math Detective
• Sample Problem: The Camping Trip
• Math Detective Certificate

NUMBER AND NUMERATION

• The Summit Summer Camp
• The Prime Dart Game
• Let's Have Some Order!
• David's Division Dilemma
• The Amazing Mayans
• The Planet Report
• The Percent Building

OPERATIONS

• The Robert's Family Reunion
• Classroom Supplies
• Getting Ready for Track
• The School Election
• Don't Spill the Black Beans!
• The Taxi Investigation

RATIO, PROPORTION, AND PERCENT

• Making Maple Syrup
• Testing Time
• The 8th-Grade Dance
• Eddie's Cat Rescue Gone Wrong
• The Furniture Store
• The Better Deal?

GEOMETRY AND INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY

• The Three Triangles
• The Area Competition
• The Geometry Quilt
• The Rectangle Resort
• The Octopus Intersection
• Soccer Abroad
• The Tale of the Math Garden
• Designing a Slide (Introduction to Trigonometry)

PROBABILITY

• The Potato Delight Store
• The Display Dilemma
• The Custom License Plate
• The Big Jolly Jelly Beans

STATISTICS

• Winning the Shopping Spree
• The Battle of the Video Games
• Great Books to Read
• Dream-on Survey
• Farming Our Town
• The Mean Rainfall
• Circle of Pizza

ALGEBRAIC CONCEPTS

• Expression Session
• The Bacteria Investigation
• Quane's Quarter Collection
• Barrow, Alaska
• The Calendar Magician
• Differing Degrees

ANSWERS