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 resource contains a total of 27 practice problems and focuses on using Pythagorean theorem with other geometric shapes. The problems are classified into 5 categories as follows:
A. Problems with equilateral and isosceles triangles (finding the altitude, area and perimeter of the triangle) (6 problems)
B. Problems with rectangles (finding the diagonal) (6 problems)
C. Problems with squares and rhombi ( finding the diagonals and the area)
(6 problems)
D. Problems with trapezoids (finding the diagonals, non-parallel sides, perimeter and area) (6 problems)
E. Other shapes/cases (finding the area of regular hexagon and circle) (3 problems)
The practice sheets give room for students to show work.
Answer keys are included.
This resource contains a total of 48 practice problems on Pythagorean theorem.
The problems are classified into 4 categories as follows:
A. Problems on finding the hypotenuse ( 8 problems with given figures and 6 text problems)
B. Problems on finding the missing leg (7 problems with given figures and 6 text problems)
C. Problems on finding the missing side (it could be the hypotenuse or a leg of the triangle) ( 6 problems with given figures)
D. Problems using the Inverse of Pythagorean theorem – determining whether given dimensions belong to a right triangle (given 12 triples of numbers and 3 problems with given figures/triangles)
The practice sheets give room for students to show work.
Answer keys are included.
This is an engaging practice on exploring quadratic functions. Students are given 66 quadratic functions in standard and vertex forms. They have to identify/find
the axis of symmetry (9 problems)
the vertex (10 problems)
the minimum or maximum (8 problems)
the range (6 problems)
the intervals of increasing and decreasing (10 problems)
the y- intercept (9 problems)
the x- intercepts (14 problems)
This practice can help learners strengthen their understanding on characteristics of quadratic functions and then deal with the process for graphing quadratics easily.
The practice worksheets have enough room for students to show their work.
Answer keys are included.
This is a engaging practice on solving problems on parallel lines cut by a transversal. There are 9 slides of problems with given diagrams as there are three problems per slide. The first nine problems (1-9) are two parallel lines given cut by a transversal. Students have to make an equation and solve it for the variable x and find the measures of angles alpha and vita. The next six problems (10-15) are finding the measures of two pairs of four congruent angles given a relation (an equality) between the angles. The problems from 16 to 21 are two parallel lines given cut by two transversal as they form a triangle. Students have to find the variable x and the angles of the triangle formed. Problems from 22 to 24 are parallel lines cut by two transversals as they form a quadrilateral. Students have to find measures of angles x,y and z. And the last three problems (25-27) are parallel lines cut by two transversals as one of the lines is a bisector. Students have to find the measure of angle alpha.
The resource can be used as independent practice or group activity, extra practice, enrichment and homework assignment.
Students are provided with a table where they can record their answers.
Answer keys are contained at the end of this document.
This is an engaging practice on finding the distance and midpoint between two points. It consists of two parts:
Part 1 contains 9 various problems on finding the midpoint (determining the coordinates of the midpoint given coordinates of the endpoints of a segment, given coordinates of the midpoint and one of the endpoints and finding the other endpoint, parametric problems on midpoint, finding the midpoint given a graph)
Part 2 contains 7 various problems on finding the distance between two points (finding the slope and length of segment given coordinates of the endpoints and given a graph, determining whether two segments are congruent, determining whether a given triangle is right and isosceles, finding the perimeter of a triangle)
The practice sheets give enough room for student to show work.
The product can be used as independent/extra practice, enrichment or/and homework assignment.
Answer keys are included.
This is an engaging and collaborative partner activity on writing linear equations in slope- intercept form. There are 12 sections as in section 1 Partner A is given two points and Partner B is given a point and slope. In section 2 Partner A is given a point and slope and Partner B is given two points. In section 3 Partner A again is given two points and Partner B is given a point and slope. In section 4 Partner A is given a point and slope and Partner B is given two points… In each section the answer of Partner’s A problem is the same as the answer of Partner’s B problem. Students are instructed to compare their answers and check whether their results match. If their answers don’t match, they work together to figure out what went wrong.
I hope the practice sheets give enough room for students to show work.
Answer keys are included.
This is fun matching game/activity on simplifying radicals with one and two variables and of negative numbers, thus resulting in an answer with imaginary number i. It contains 10 challenging problems.
Students simplify each of the given radical expressions. Their solutions are written on ten of 11 dinosaurs images. When students arrive at a correct answer, they “tame the dinosaur” having this answer written on it. It is said that only one dinosaur can not be tamed. Students have to find it out.
The activity can be used individually or in pairs.
Student recording sheet and answer keys are included.
In this collaborative partner activity students will practice simplifying radicals, including square roots only. The problems gradually increase in difficulty. Radicands are whole 2, 3 and 4 –digit numbers. There are 15 sections each containing 2 examples – 1 problems for partner A and one problems for partner B. Students are instructed to simplify the radicals and to do that by inspecting each radicand for a square factor. In each section, partner A/B compares his answer with his partner’s answer. He must have a√b and his partner must have b√a .
The practice sheets give room for partners to show work. Answer keys are included.
This fun matching game/activity on simplifying radicals with two variables contains 12 challenging problems. Students simplify each of the given radical expressions. Their solutions are written on 12 of 14 dolphins and whales images. When students arrive at a correct answer, they “make a friend with the dolphin/whale” having this answer written on it. It is said that two dolphins are not friendly. Students have to find them out.
The activity can be used individually or in pairs.
Student recording sheet and answer keys are included.
This matching activity practices simplifying radical expressions by rationalizing the denominator. There are included 18 radical expressions as the problems vary in difficulty.
Students simplify the given radical expressions.(The teacher can choose less examples than 18 to be worked on). Each expression is labeled with a large alphabet letter. Then students look for their answers on the answer board. Each answer is labeled with a small alphabet letter. Students connect each problem to its answer (match each large alphabet letter to a small alphabet letter).
Student recording sheets and 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 a total of 40 compound inequalities. Students are asked to graph each inequality and write the solution set using inequality and interval notation.
Problems are classified into 4 categories:
⟐ The first worksheets have the students solving 8 inequalities involving “AND” (Intersection)
⟐ The second worksheet is finding the solution sets of 8 DOUBLE inequalities
(Intersection again)
⟐ The third worksheet contains 8 inequalities involving “OR”(Union).
⟐ The fourth and fifth worksheets are two similar forms each containing 8
MIXED inequalities.
Special cases including overlapping solutions, no solution, and infinite solutions are included.
I hope the practice sheets give enough room for students to show work.
The product can be used in class for cooperative learning, as partner or group activity, independent/extra practice, as a review, homework assignment or even as an assessment.
Typed answer keys are included.
These are 50 practice problems on complex numbers in polar form.
The problems are grouped by topic
❆ finding the polar form of a complex number
(practice sheet A, 15 problems)
❆ converting complex numbers from polar to rectangular form
(practice sheet B, 10 problems)
❆ finding the product of two complex numbers in polar form
( practice sheet C, 5 problems)
❆ finding the quotient of two complex numbers in polar form
(practice sheet D, 5 problems)
❆ finding powers of complex numbers in polar form using DeMoivre’s Theorem
(practice sheet E, 5 problems)
❆ finding roots of complex numbers in polar form
(practice sheet F, 10 problems)
I hope the practice sheets give enough room for students to show work.
This resource can be used as an independent/extra practice, enrichment, review, homework assignment or even as an assessment.
Answer keys are included.
This resource contains 50 questions. It focuses on solving polynomial equations in factored form by using the zero product property. The problems are classified into 3 categories according to the types of roots of polynomial equations.
⟐ The first worksheet has the students solving 10 polynomial equations with real solutions in factored form (equations type 1).
⟐ The second and third worksheets (two different variants/forms) are finding the real solutions of each of 8 polynomial equations (equations type 1). Some problems become more difficult to solve as may require use of factoring techniques, including GCF, difference of two squares and factoring quadratic trinomials or using the quadratic formula. These two worksheets can be used as a partner practice.
⟐ The forth worksheet has the students solving 8 equations with imaginary and complex solutions (equations type 2).
⟐ The fifth and sixth worksheets (two different variants/forms) are finding the real , imaginary and complex solutions (equations type 3) of each of 8 polynomial equations. Some problems become more difficult to solve as may require use of factoring techniques, including difference of two squares, sum & difference of cubes, factoring quadratic trinomials and using the quadratic formula. These two worksheets can be used as a partner activity.
The product can be used in class for cooperative learning , as a partner or a group activity, independent (extra) practice, enrichment or homework assignment.
Typed answer keys are included.
This resource contains 56 questions. It focuses on solving polynomial equations in standard form by using factoring (GCF, grouping, factoring difference of squares, sum and difference of cubes, perfect square trinomials, quadratic trinomials) and synthetic division.
The problems are classified into categories according to the problem solving technique and the types of roots of polynomial equations (only real or real, imaginary and complex). There are also included quartic equations in quadratic form.
⟐ The first and second worksheets(two different variants/forms) have the students solving by factoring polynomial equations only with real solutions. These two worksheets can be used as a partner activity.
(total of 16 problems)
⟐ The third and forth worksheets (two different variants/forms) are finding the real, imaginary and complex solutions of polynomial equations by factoring. These two worksheets can be used as a partner activity.
(total of 16 problems)
⟐ The fifth and sixth worksheets have the students solving by factoring quartic equations
only with real solutions
with real and imaginary roots
(total of 12 problems)
⟐ The seventh and eighth worksheets have the student solving by synthetic division polynomial equations
only with real roots
having real, imaginary and complex solutions
(total of 12 problems)
Typed answer keys are included.
These are three practice worksheets on Parametric Equations and Parametric Curves.
Students will work on
✦ eliminating the parameter, writing the parametric equation as a rectangular equation and identifying the graph of the parametric curve ( WS # 1, 14 problems)
✦ finding parametric equations (writing two new sets of parametric equations for given rectangular equations) ( WS # 2, 8 problems)
✦ graphing parametric curves (sketching the parametric curve for given pair of parametric equations and giving the orientation of the curve) (WS # 3, 12 problems)
Functions involved are polynomial, absolute value, rational, radical, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric.
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, homework assignment and even as an assessment.
Detailed answer keys ( handwritten clearly) are included.
These are 12 turkey/Thanksgiving themed task cards. The cards are grouped with three similar problems per card. Students will review and demonstrate their knowledge of the following topics:
domain and range of rational, radical and logarithmic functions - cards 1 and 2
horizontal and vertical asymptotes of rational, radical and logarithmic functions - cards 3 and 4
real zeros of rational, radical and logarithmic functions – card 5
intervals of monotonicity of rational, radical and logarithmic functions – card 6
real and imaginary zeros of polynomials (factoring polynomials, finding x- and y- intercepts, solving polynomial equations), solving polynomial inequalities in standard and factored form, solving rational inequalities – cards 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12
division of polynomials – card 9
Students can use the cards working in groups of 2, 3 and/or 4.
The cards can be also used as an independent practice. The teacher or the student can choose which problems of each card to be solved like 1a, 2b, 3a, 4c…etc.
Student recording sheets are provided. Typed answer keys are included.
Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!
In this 12 questions - partner activity, students will solve systems of linear equations with three variables. The problems are adaptable to all methods ( elimination, substitution, Gaussian elimination, Cramer’s Rule) so the teacher or students can choose the methods they will use. All systems have one and only one solution ( All systems are consistent and their equations are independent)!
The answer of each of Partner’s A problems are the same as the answer of each Partner’s B corresponding problem. (Problems A1 and B1 are corresponding, so as problems A2 and B2 and so on). Students are instructed to check whether their results match. If their answers don’t match, they work together to figure out what went wrong.
Student recording sheets and answer keys are provided.
This resource contains total of 32 problems. Students will practice solving rational
inequalities algebraically. They are asked to write the solution sets using interval notation. The problems are classified into 3 categories according to the form of the inequalities. The examples include first, second, third, fourth and sixth - degree polynomials.
⟐ The first and second worksheets have the students solving a total of 16 inequalities in factored and general form ( level 1 & level 2).
⟐ The third worksheet is finding the solution sets of 8 inequalities in general and not factored form.
⟐ The fourth worksheet contains 8 inequalities written in not general form.
The product can be used in a variety of ways – in class for cooperative learning , as a partner or a group activity, independent practice or homework assignment.
Typed answer keys are included.
These are two different, but similar forms of independent practice on solving systems of nonlinear equations. Each form contains
three systems of quadratic and linear equations ( having respectively two solutions, only one solution and no real solutions)
three systems of two quadratic functions ( having two solutions, only one solution and no real solutions)
I have created worksheets for students to solve the systems only algebraically and worksheets to solve the same problems only graphically. Each problem has enough space for students to show work. Students are provided with coordinates grids where each axis is labeled using an appropriate scale as dictated by the problem so sketching to become easier. The systems can be solved both algebraically and graphically as well. It is depending on what the teacher decides.
This product can be used as in-class practice, an independent practice, partner activity or group activity (groups of two). It can be also used as an assessment or homework.
Typed solutions are included. All the graphs are drawn in CorelDRAW.
*I have also included cards with the problems and cards with the graphs so this can be also used as a matching activity.