This is a collection of 20 math worksheets on trigonometry and logarithms. They provide instant feedback and fun to students because the answers correspond to letters or images that decode secret... More > messages and pictures. They are self-grading, which makes them ideal for customized treatment of learners. They are tested by multiple teachers, including the author and her colleagues.
If you liked the calculus decoder puzzles in "PUZZLE MATH: Mixed Derivatives", you'll love these. In "PUZZLE MATH: Trigonometry and Logarithms" students find trig functions' values, missing angles, create and use wave graphs and the unit circle, draw and use special triangles, use one trig equation to find others, use and convert between degrees and radians, learn and evaluate trig identities, find scales for similarity, learn log definitions, identify and use log properties, utilize the change of base formula for logs, find missing values in log equations, and more.< Less
Using PUZZLE MATH GEOMETRY: Areas of Parts of Circles, students will find areas of an annulus, a segment, and a sector of a circle. They will find exact answers in terms of Pi rather than making... More > approximations in decimal form. Students will receive immediate feedback as they use their answers to decode a secret message. Teachers will enjoy that students will only have correct responses reinforced with the decoder puzzle style too. A correct puzzle with work shown will signify correct responses to all math questions quickly. If you like this geometry worksheet, you will enjoy various other math worksheets found at www.lulu.com/roxlulu. Free math worksheets can also be found there as well. New worksheets and books are continuously being added.< Less
Students find sums of the measures of interior angles of polygons, sums of the measures of exterior angles of polygons, and measures of single angles in a regular polygon. They consider triangles,... More > quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons, decagons, and dodecagons. They receive immediate feedback as their answers decode a secret message. The self-checking nature motivates students and reduces overhead for teachers. Teachers, please require the students to show all of their work.< Less
In this self-checking decoder worksheet students find unit prices, compare them to find the best buy, and compute savings. There are nine exercises, and students use the answers to place letters... More > into spaces to reveal a secret message. Students get immediate feedback and stay motivated. Teachers know students got all items correct at a glance.< Less
In this 5-page packet students read and discover about the angles formed when a pair of lines intersect and when a transversal cuts a pair of parallel lines. Students intuitively learn about the... More > names of the pairs of angles formed and about those angles' measures. On the 5th page students put their new skills to the test while they receive immediate feedback completing a decoder-style worksheet on which they will both identify angles' names and measures.< Less
Students read 10 word problems and design systems of linear equations to model the situations. Then they use a decoder to get immediate feedback as they self-check the answers. Next they solve the... More > 10 systems they wrote, choosing to use graphing, substitution, or elimination. They use a 2nd decoder to check these answers as well. Students enjoy the perpetual support and the variety of situatons presented in this 2-page worksheet.< Less
This worksheet provides immediate feedback for students as it is self-checking. It is fun and satisfying for students because the answers correspond to letters that decode a secret message. First... More > it provides clear examples of evaluating exponential expressions with negative, fractional, and negative fractional exponents. It also has clear examples of solving equations with these three types of exponents as well. Then it gives students plentiful opportunities to practice these skills. The variables in most of the equations are exponents. You may also be interested in "PUZZLE MATH: Mixed Derivatives" and "PUZZLE MATH: Trigonometry and Logarithms".< Less
In this worksheet students increase their understanding of fractional and negative exponents as they encounter equations consisting of bases raised to exponents equal to a number. Sometimes they... More > solve for the base, sometimes they solve for the exponent, and sometimes they evaluate the exponential expression. The worksheet provides instant feedback and fun for the math students because the answers correspond to letters that lead to the decoding of a secret message. It is also self-grading, which makes it ideal for customized treatment of learners. If you like this, you'll probably enjoy "PUZZLE MATH: Trigonometry and Logarithms" or other PUZZLE MATH worksheets and books, also by Roxanne Eckenrode.< Less
This short worksheet provides immediate feedback for students as it is self-checking. It is fun and satisfying for students because the answers correspond to letters that decode a secret message.... More > Students write equations of lines in slope intercept form when given two points, a point and the slope, and the slope and the y-intercept. You may also be interested in other PUZZLE MATH worksheet and books including, "PUZZLE MATH: Mixed Derivatives", and "PUZZLE MATH: Trigonometry and Logarithms".< Less
This is a collection of 20 math worksheets on trigonometry and logarithms. They provide instant feedback and fun to students because the answers correspond to letters or images that decode secret... More > messages and pictures. They are self-grading, which makes them ideal for customized treatment of learners. They are tested by multiple teachers, including the author and her colleagues.
If you liked the calculus decoder puzzles in "PUZZLE MATH: Mixed Derivatives", you'll love these. In "PUZZLE MATH: Trigonometry and Logarithms" students find trig functions' values, missing angles, create and use wave graphs and the unit circle, draw and use special triangles, use one trig equation to find others, use and convert between degrees and radians, learn and evaluate trig identities, find scales for similarity, learn log definitions, identify and use log properties, utilize the change of base formula for logs, find missing values in log equations, and more.< Less
Roxanne Kloper has taught mathematics to 4th - 12th Graders and to university students. She has worked at public, private, parochial, and Montesssori schools. She has a great passion for improving the quality of mathematics education, and she has been a senior developer for an award-winning "Exemplary" mathematics solution.
Roxanne wears many hats: mathematics teacher leader, classroom instructor, professional tutor, educational consultant. Whether she is writing text, composing math stories, designing software, hosting a PBS educational television show, coaching MathCounts, or conducting professional development, it is clear that math education is her passion, her area of talent, and her true calling.
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