STEP-BY-STEP ANSWERS

Another first! Here are step-by-step answers for Books 1,2, and 3 of the March 2007 New York State Grade 8 Mathematics Test and Books 1 and 2 of the 7th grade test and Books 1,2 and 3 of the 6th grade test. At this point the tests can be found at the New York State Education Department website. Click below on the appropriate booklet for the step-by-step answers.

GRADE 6 MATH 2007
Book 1 Book 2

GRADE 7 MATH 2007
Book 1 Book 2

GRADE 8 MATH MARCH 2007
Book 1 Book 2 Book 3

For step-by-step answers to Math A or Math B Regents, or copies of the exams themselves, click on the appropriate link at the right.

If you are planning to take the Math B regents, make sure you know how to use the following formulas. They will be included in your Regents booklet, but you have to know when and how to use them. Here is the formula page in PDF format. Also, if you happen to need a sheet of graph paper and can't find your own, simply click here for a printable sheet of graph paper, again in PDF format. New Curriculum Algebra Regents Explained Answers
The Algebra regents sampler test with step by step explained answers.

MATH PLAYGROUND:Math Playground is an action-packed educational site for elementary, and middle school students. There is just too much there for an adequate description of all their activities.

The Math Forum at Drexel University: The math forum provides resources, materials, activities, educational products, and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world.

The Kids Place: This is Houghton Mifflin's mathematics site. It is a fantastic resource for students grades K-6.

Ask Dr. Math: Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for math students and their teachers. A searchable archive is available by level and topic, as well as summaries of Frequently Asked Questions (the Dr. Math FAQ).

Math Dictionary: An animated, interactive math dictionary for kids. This site is quite entertaining and informative.

Math Goodies: As stated at their site, "Math Goodies is a free educational web site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles, message boards, and more! We have over 400 pages of free math activities and resources for students, teachers, and parents."

Math.com - The World of Math Online: Want to do your homework and can't seem to find your scientific calculator? Click on this link and you will be taken to a Java Script calculator that seems to work quite well. Be sure to check out the rest of this fantastic site as well!

Tangrams: A very nicely done page that teaches you everything you ever wanted to know about tanagrams. Also included are instructions on how to make the 7 geometric shapes, and a host of puzzles that challenge your skill at completing over 100 puzzles. Enjoy!

High School Hub: The High School Hub is a free online interactive learning center for high school students.

MathsNet: MathsNet is an independent educational website providing free mathematics resources to the education community. It is not an online textbook. It is interactive, requiring the user to participate rather than be a passive observer.

S.O.S. Mathematics: S.O.S. Mathematics is a free resource for math review materials. Some of the review topics it contains are Algebra, Trigonometry, and Differential Equations. There is more. The site also contains a set of exams that you can use to prepare of tests, and a "CyberBoard" where you can ask questions.

Purplemath: Purplemath is, as they describe themselves, "your algebra resource." This is the link to their site that contains at least 100 modules on various topics covered in an algebra class. Each topic is clearly explained, and most are cross-referenced with each other when applicable.

Graphing Calculator Help: This Prentice Hall site contains an interactive index from which you can choose detailed instructions in the use of the TI-83, as well as 9 other calculators.

Multimedia Math Instruction

Pre-Algebra Cartoons
Brief animated explanations of basic Algebra Concepts.

XP Math Videos
Several excellent middle school movies, games, free ebook versions of popular books, more.

LinksLearning.org
Narrated & animated math videos and lesson plans for middle school students. Click on illustrated lessons.

Narrated & animated math videos for elementary students.
Multimedia, interactive activities for primary students.

Integrated Algebra Video Lessons
Narrated tutorials arranged by topic. Great resource for learning the new Algebra regents curriculum.

FreeMathHelp.com
More narrated secondary math videos. Similar to above but with a few more advanced topics

FreeMathHelp.com
Narrated Algebra videos. Not as well animated as some others but the verbal explanations are good.

Algebra Movies
26 half hour algebra movies, registration required but it is free.

Hotmath Videos
Subscription site offers seven free sample secondary videos.

Countdown Math Movies
Hundreds of brief secondary Math Movies by topic from Chicago.

YourOtherTeacher.Com
11 sample video lessons for various grade levels, works well at low bandwidth.

Shodor Interactivate
Interactive Java applets for learning and exploring many math and science activities.

Studio 4 Learning Science Videos
Many fun Videos organized by Science subjects almost make learning enjoyable. Must see site.

CoolMath.com
Games, lessons, puzzles, more, no movies but a really cool site.

Math in the movies.
Film clips involving math from major motion pictures from a Harvard professor.





New Curriculum Integrated Algebra
Regents Review Page

If you are interested in an explanation of how to arrive at the correct answers to past Math A and Math B Regents exams, this is the place. I have worked some of them out for you and converted the files into PDF format. Enjoy! If you come across any errors, or if you have any questions, please feel free to email me, sackerm4@nycboe.net

STEP-BY-STEP REGENTS ANSWERS
Algebra regents Sampler

Jan.'04 Math A Math B
Jun.'04 Math A Math B
Aug.'04 Math A Math B
Jan.'05 Math A Math B
Jun.'05 Math A Math B
Aug.'05 Math A Math B
Jan.'06 Math A Math B
Jun.'06 Math A Math B
Aug.'06 Math A Math B
Jan.'07 Math A Math B
Jun.'07 Math A Math B
Aug.'07 Math B

REGENTS EXAMS
Jan.'04 Math A Math B
Jun.'04 Math A Math B
Aug.'04 Math A Math B
Jan.'05 Math A Math B
Jun. '05 Math A Math B
Aug. '05 Math A Math B
Jan. '06 Math A Math B
Jun. '06 Math A Math B
Aug. '06 Math A Math B
Jan. '07 Math A Math B
Jun. '07 Math A Math B
Aug. '07 Math B

For more High School review please see the Regents links at this site as well as the ones beginning here.

FEATURED LINK #1

The featured math link, AAA MATH is a winner! Click on it and you will see why. AAA MATH contains numerous pages of math skills with lots of practice. It is geared for levels K - 8.

FEATURED LINK #2

Interactive quizzes to help students prepare forCUNY college entrance math exams

On-line Games

Check out the math games found at the web sitePrimaryGames.com.
They are geared for elementary students.

At Kids Domain you can find games for older students. They take a while to load but are worth the wait!

And last but not least, for older students who like to torture their brains, here is a nice challenge I found at WIMS Check out this site at your own risk!

Scientific Calculator&
Quadratic Solver

 



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