Wednesday, December 14, 2016

This Interactive Age Calculator is Really Amazing!

If you're trying to teach calendar concepts in the classroom, or just looking for an interesting way to figure out when your next few birthdays are going to sneak up on you, then you should definitely check out this amazing age calculator...


What makes this age calculator interesting is that it doesn't just show you chronological age based on your birthday, but it allows you to choose all sorts of other date related events and put those in the context of your birthday. For example, you can see a calendar of past and future presidential election dates and it will give you information about which election in which you'll be eligible to vote. This would be a great classroom activity around election time!

There are also other activities around comparing your birthday to your friends or saving money over time. Overall, this is much more than an age calculator... It's a super age calculator! Check it out!

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Percentage Calculator

Percentages are everywhere you look, and students need to know how to convert a percent to fraction or a fraction to percent readily. A great resource for being understanding how a percentage relates to its corresponding fraction is the percentage calculator at DadsWorksheets.com...


This percentage calculator allows you to enter either a fraction or a percentage, and it instantly calculates the other value for you. It also shows a pie-chart representation of what the percentage actually represents out of a whole value.


There is a useful section that provides wording for percentages that answer questions like how many parts out of a whole equal a certain percentage or what a particular percentage is out of a number. By experimenting with the values you enter into the percentage calculator and seeing what results, you'll develop a great conceptual understanding of percentages. It's a great tool and a great way to check your answers on percentage worksheets as well!

Friday, February 5, 2016

Dadsworksheets.Com


I recently found a great site for math worksheets, Dadsworksheets.com.
The site has topics from simple long division worksheets to advanced topics such as pre-algebra worksheets
Here is a list of topics and worksheets that I thought were unique and hard to find:


The site also has a great Fraction Calculator that is very useful.