Interactive Mathematics

Many of these units are written by the very talented David Foster. There are six units per year, grades six through eight. Not all problems in each cluster are appropriate for the grade level of the unit.

Unit names are in boldface. Names of corresponding "clusters" of problems in United We Solve are in normal type.

1. From the Beginning

This unit includes two problems from Get It Together. You can also use a variety of starters from any cluster of United We Solve.

2. A Million to One

Product chains; fraction-decimal problems from the Proportion category

3. Just the Right Size

Growth, Directions, Polygons

4. Through the Looking Glass

Arrange the Blocks

5. Get a Clue

Maps

6. The Road Not Taken

Networks (though they may be hard at sixth grade), Nim Games

7. Take It From the Top

Various starters, Alien Number Systems, Mystery Operations, Moon Base

8. Data Sense

specific problems: East & West, States and Kids; also, use census data to make up their own

9. Don't Fence Me In

Polygons; also, A & P Graph (page 60)

10. Against the Odds

Nim: Two Dice 21 (page 51)

11. Cycles

Alien Number Systems, Mystery Operations

12. Treasure Island

Round and Round, Directions

13. Start Your Engines

Alien Number Systems, Calculator Equations

14. Run For Cover

Pyramid Schemes

15. On the Move

Rates, Can You Relate?

16. Growing Pains

Growth, Can You Relate?, Inaccessible Distances

17. Infinite Windows

Fractal Automata

18. Quality Control

Not Enough Info, Many Faces

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