Hello teachers friends! My name is Niki.I have been teaching mathematics for over 20 years. My subjects are Algebra through Calculus 3 along with Geometry, Trig and Differential Equations. My passion is to create engaging fun and rigorous math resources of high quality for teachers and students. My products include partner and group activities, matching and sorting activities, multiple-choice games, rigorous worksheets & lessons, challenging independent practice, homework assignments, etc.
Hello teachers friends! My name is Niki.I have been teaching mathematics for over 20 years. My subjects are Algebra through Calculus 3 along with Geometry, Trig and Differential Equations. My passion is to create engaging fun and rigorous math resources of high quality for teachers and students. My products include partner and group activities, matching and sorting activities, multiple-choice games, rigorous worksheets & lessons, challenging independent practice, homework assignments, etc.
This is a fun and engaging multiple-choice game on multiplying radicals. There are 10 pages/slides with problems as each page/slide contains two similar problems. Each problem is labeled with a large alphabet letter written on a picture of a mother penguin. Students are given four answer choices labeled with the small letters a,b,c and d each written on the picture of a baby penguin. Students solve a problem, choose an answer and write the letter of the baby penguin to its mother matching the problem with its answer. The problems increase in difficulty with each next page/slide. On the first four pages/slides students multiply two radicals, in page/slide 5 they multiply three terms, in pages/slides 6, 7 and 8 students will need to use the distributive property and FOIL and in pages/slides 9 and 10 students multiply radicals with variables in the radicands.
This activity can be used as an independent practice and partner activity. If students work in pairs student A will solve the first problem of a page/slide and student B will solve the second problem of the same page/slide and because they have similar problems students can help each other with methods.
The answer key is contained at the end of this document.
NOTE: This product is created as a Google Slides product. I have converted it to PDF item here. I have included 2 PDF files - the one has each slide as a page and the other has two or three slides on a page for easy and more economic printing!
This product contains 50 trigonometric expressions with their detailed typed solutions. The problems are separated into five groups/quizzes. EACH GROUP of expressions REQUIRES APPLYING OF SPECIFIED IDENTITIES to be simplified as follows:
• The fundamental Pythagorean identity
• Quotient identities
• Reciprocal identities
• Pythagorean identities
• Co-function identities
The problems have varying degrees of difficulty.
The product can be divided into parts and used in a variety of ways:
in class practice (teacher can show the solutions to some of the examples to assist students in completing the rest successfully)
as partner activity or group activity (students can assist one another throughout simplifying the expressions)
an assessment or homework
Student recording sheets are provided and full solutions to the problems as well.
This is a resource on arithmetic sequences having 14 practice pages and containing a total of 70 problems arranged by topic/type and difficulty level. Students will use the explicit formula and the formula for the sum of the first n terms.
➤ Using the explicit formula students will have to find
the nth term (problems Level 1)
the first term (problems Level 1)
the common difference (Level 1)
the number of terms (Level 1)
the first term and the common difference solving systems of two equations (Level 2)
➤ Using the formula for the sum of the first nth terms students will have to find
the sum of the first nth terms (problems Level 1)
the nth term and Sn (Level 1)
the first term and Sn (Level 1)
the number of terms and Sn (Level 1)
➣ When given Sn ( problems level 2) students will have to calculate
n and d -
the nth term and d
n and nth term
the first term and d
the first and nth terms
n and first term
The practice sheets can be used for independent and extra practice, enrichment, as a group activity (groups of 2, 3 and/or 4), homework and even as an assessment.
This is an engaging practice on rational expressions containing 41 problems that vary in difficulty. On page/slide 1 students have to evaluate three rational expressions for the given value of the variable and then to determine the domain of six rational expressions/functions. On page/slide 2 students are given 8 rational expressions to simplify them. On page/slide 3 students add or subtract rational expressions (8 problems), on page/slide 4 students multiply or divide rational expressions ( 8 problems) . On page/slide 5 students simplify more complicated rational expressions performing the indicated operations (4 problems) and at the end students have to prove four statements ( rational equalities).
Students are provided empty spaces/boxes where to record their answers.
Answer keys are included.
NOTE: This product is created as a Google Slides product. I have converted it to PDF item here. I have included 2 PDF files - the one has each slide as a page and the other has two or three slides on a page for easy and more economic printing!
This is a collaborative partner activity on graphing quadratic functions. Students will work through six sections as in each section partners have to graph two quadratic functions f(x) and g(x) on the same coordinate plane. Partner A will graph f(x) and partner B will graph the other function g(x). Students are also asked to solve the equation f(x)=g(x). Included are three cases:
The graphs don’t have points in common and respectively the equation f(x)=g(x) doesn’t have real solutions (section 1 and section 4)
The graphs share one common point and respectively the equation f(x)=g(x) has one real solution (sections 2 and 5)
The graphs have two common points and respectively the equation f(x)=g(x) has two real solutions (sections 3 and 6)
This activity can be used as independent practice as well.
The practice sheets give enough room for students to show work. Grids are provided.
Detailed answer keys are included. (The graphs are drawn by CorelDraw.)
This engaging practice allows students to explore and graph square and cube root radical functions. It contains 40 various and challenging problems. Students will have to
✤ identify the domain of given radical functions (4 problems)
✤ determine the range of functions (4 problems)
✤ find x- and y- intercepts of given function (4 problems)
✤ determine which of given points are on the graph of a given function (1 problem)
✤ find zeros of radical functions (4 problems)
✤ evaluate radical functions for given values of the variable (2 problems)
✤ find the point of intersection between two radical functions (4 problems)
✤ determine the value of a parameter given a radical function involving the parameter and passing through a given point (1 problem)
✤ find the inverse of 5 radical and 3 polynomial functions (8 problems)
✤ sketch the graph of given radical functions ( 8 problems)
I hope the practice sheets give enough room for student to show work. Grids are provided.
The product is useful for independent/extra practice, enrichment, review, homework assignment and assessment.
Answer keys are included.
(The graphs are drawn with CorelDraw!)
This is a classwork or practice on operations with complex numbers containing a total of 46 challenging examples. The problems are grouped by the following topics:
adding complex numbers (12 examples)
subtracting complex numbers (12 examples)
multiplying complex numbers (12 examples)
dividing complex numbers (10 problems)
I have also included an engaging homework assignment containing 18 problems.
The product can be used as a classwork, independent practice, practice after teaching a lesson on operations with complex numbers, homework assignment and an assessment.
Practice sheets give room for students to show work.
All answer keys are included.
This is an engaging and fun multiple-choice game on operations with complex numbers (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, raising i to a power). On each page/slide students are given two similar problems. The problems are labeled with large Latin letters written on the pictures of teddy bears. There are four optional answers for each problem labeled with the small Latin letters a,b,c and d written on the pictures of heart shaped balloons. Students solve a problem, select an answer choice and draw the balloon with the chosen answer to the teddy bear (match each problem with its answer).
This activity can be completed individually or students can work in pairs (partner activity).
It can be used as St. Valentine’s Day activity as well.
The answer key is included.
NOTE: This product is created as a Google Slides product. I have converted it to PDF item here. I have included 2 PDF files - the one has each slide as a page and the other has two slides on a page for easy and more economic printing!
This product includes 24 integration problems to be solved by u-substitution.
Your students can work alone, in pairs, or small groups to complete the problems placed on 12 cards ( there are 2 problems on each card – one indefinite and one definite integral to be evaluated as both integrals have the same integrand). Students recording sheets are provided and created as worksheets so the product can be used for cooperative learning, extra practice, homework assignment or even as an assessment.
Typed solutions (appropriate for teachers!) are provided.
This is a collaborative activity to practice evaluating indefinite integrals by using their BASIC properties and the table of common integrals. Partners work through 20 sections each containing one integral.
Activity Directions:
A partner start solving an integral while the other partner is waiting for the answer to check it by differentiating. In the next section, partners take turns and it goes the same way.
An alternative way to use this activity:
Partner A solves an integral of a section while Partner B solves an integral of the other (the next in line) section. Then they swap papers and differentiate the obtained functions to check each other’s work. If extra practice is needed Partner A and Partner B can change places with each other and continue solving.
Applying both integrating and differentiating help students gain a better understanding of integration. I hope it will be beneficial for your calculus students.
Answer keys and full solutions (typed and handwritten clearly) are included.
This is a set of three mazes (three versions) to practice solving improper integrals.
Students are given 24 integrals. They will need to determine whether some of these integrals are divergent or convergent. If some integral diverges it must be evaluated. Then students use their answers to navigate through the maze. Not all boxes are used in this maze to prevent students from just guessing the correct route. Recording sheets are provided for students to show all work.
For extra practice, students can solve all the problems and find out how many of the improper integrals are divergent. (There are 30 different improper integrals in this activity total and 9 of them diverge).
Answer keys are included.
These are 50 practice problems of various difficulty on converting polar and rectangular equations. Problems A1- A25 require students convert rectangular equations to polar equations (Practice A). Problems B1-B25 require students convert polar equations to rectangular equations (Practice B).
I hope that the practice worksheets give your students enough room to show their work.
This resource can be possibly used as an independent /extra practice, as an enrichment and homework assignment.
Typed detailed answer keys/solutions are provided.
This resource contains 20 practice problems (20 functions given) for classifying critical points of a function. Functions included are polynomials, rational, including radicals (square and higher-index roots), exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric. To solve each problem students will need to
find critical numbers
determine the intervals on which the function increases and decreases
apply the First Derivative Test to classify the critical points as relative maximums, relative minimums or neither (locate relative extrema of a function).
The product can be used as in class practice, an independent practice, partner activity, for group work, as enrichment.
Detailed and typed answer keys are provided.
Students will apply L’Hospital’s Rule to evaluate limits. The resource contains practice problems classified into 4 categories according to the indeterminate forms – 0/0, infinity / infinity, zero ⨯ infinity and infinity minus infinity. There are 10 problems for each category and else 10 extra review problems(total of 50 limits). The functions included are rational, exponential, logarithmic, trig and inverse trig functions.
The product can be used in class for cooperative learning , as a partner or a group activity, independent (extra) practice, enrichment or homework assignment.
Full solutions (handwritten clearly) are provided.
Students will review the most of the concepts of Calculus with this funny themed practice. There are 3 problem pages/slides as the first contains 12 problems on Differential Calculus (finding the first derivative the product and chain rule, implicit differentiation, relative extrema, inflection points, finding limits using L’Hospital’s Rule), the second page/slide contains 12 problems on Integral Calculus (finding indefinite integrals -basic integration,u-substitution, integration by parts, evaluating definite integrals, improper integrals, differential equations) and the third page/slide has 11 problems on both Differential and Integral Calculus (finding limits of radical and trigonometric functions, limits at infinity, absolute extrema of functions on given intervals, evaluating integrals, finding the volume of a region bounded by given functions and revolved about x and y axes).
Students can work independently which is better if time permits or in groups of 2 or 3.
Answer keys are included.
NOTE: This product is created as a Google Slides product. I have converted it to PDF item here.
In this lessson, students learn to apply the three most important Pythagorean identites and their variations. The lesson covers the following applications of Pythagorean identities:
• Evaluating trigonometric functions
• Simplifying trigonometric expressions
• Verifying or proving other trigonometric identities
It includes
o 6 solved examples & 6 similar to them for students to try to solve them by their own
o guidelines
o 21 various and engaging practice problems
o answer keys and full solutions
The lesson can be divided into two or three parts if preferred.
These are 11 Algebra 1 warm-ups, do-nows, bell-ringers, entrance/exit tickets or mini-quizzes/mini homework on exponent laws and radicals and scientific notation and operations. Each of them is a half-sheet in size and contains from 6 to 14 problems.
Topics Included:
Exponent Laws (Product and Power Rules)
Exponent Laws (Quotient Rule)
Exponent Laws (Zero and Negative Exponents)
Scientific Notation and Operations with Scientific Notation
Simplifying Radicals (No Variables)
Simplifying Radicals with Variables
Adding and Subtracting Radicals
Multiplying Radicals
Dividing Radicals
Rationalizing the Denominator
Operations with Radicals
Answer key is included.
This is a collaborative and challenging activity for classifying critical points of a function using the first and second derivative tests. The functions in this activity include polynomials, rational fractions, radicals, exponential and natural logarithmic expressions, trig and inverse trig expressions.
Partners work through 12 sections/problems (functions given). Partner A will use the First Derivative Test to find the local extrema for the given function while Partner B uses the Second Derivative Test to find the local extrema for the same function. Then partners compare their results. In the next section, Partner A will use the Second Derivative Test and Partner B will use the First Test to locate all the relative extrema. Partners compare their answers again.
Detailed typed answer keys are provided.
This is a self-checking practice created for students to find the first and second derivatives of common and composite functions. The functions include polynomials, rational fractions, radicals, trig and inverse trig expressions, exponential expressions and natural logarithmic functions.
In each section, students have to differentiate once or twice a function given and then to prove that this function satisfies a given differential equation. Thus, students check whether they have computed the derivatives correctly. (There are sections 12 in total - 12 functions and 12 differential equations).
The resource can be used for class work, independent practice or partner activity, for enrichment and homework assignment.
Typed solutions to the problems are provided.