Math Tutoring Lessons

Welcome Back to Tutoring!

​How was your weekend?

• Did you do anything fun?

• Any good or bad news?

• Any questions or comments for me?

• Do you like tutoring so far?

​Have you gone over these topics?

• Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

• Multi-Step Word Problems

• Pattern Sequences

• Greatest Common Factor/Lowest Common Multiple

• Geometry

• Intro to Algebra

​Schedule for Today's Session

• Warm-up with Multi-Step Word Problems

  • 5 question quiz

• Introduction to Pattern Sequences

  • Lesson and Quiz

• Introduction to GCF and LCM

  • Preview of next session

​Warmup: Word Problems

• 5 multi-step word problems

• Don't give each other answers

• We will go over wrong answers

• 5-minute break after the warmup

• We will go over pattern sequences next

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Sarah has 5 packs of colored pencils. Each pack has 12 pencils. She gives 8 pencils to her friend and then buys 3 more packs, each containing 12 pencils. How many pencils does she have now?

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A pet store has 8 cages, each with 6 birds. They sell 15 birds, then get 3 more cages with 4 birds in each cage. How many birds are there now?

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Jamie is packing apples into bags. He starts with 90 apples and packs them into bags of 6 apples each. Then he gives 3 bags to a friend and packs 4 more bags with 8 apples each. How many apples does he have left?

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Maya is organizing a charity event and buys 7 boxes of cookies. Each box has 24 cookies. She decides to give 8 cookies to each of the 15 volunteers and then uses the remaining cookies to make gift bags, with 6 cookies in each bag. How many full gift bags can she make?

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A school is organizing a field trip and rents 4 buses. Each bus can hold 45 students. 36 students are unable to go, so the rest are split evenly between the buses. If 8 teachers are also going, and they’re distributed as evenly as possible among the buses, how many people will be on each bus?

5-Minute Break!

​Introduction to Pattern Sequences

• Pattern Sequencing is when a list of numbers increases or decreases depending on a certain rule.

• The pattern or "rule" will stay the same throughout the entire list (sequence)

• For example. What should the next number be: 4, 7, ?

  • Hint: What is 7 - 4?

​Why is this important?

• Pattern sequencing is important for improving your problem-solving skills, a fundamental life skill.

• It trains your brain to make predictions and identify patterns

  • These are both skills you'll need for not only math but also in life.

• Gives you practice with basic math functions

​Warmup Questions

• 4, 8, 16, ?

• 5, 11, 23, ?

• 2, 7, ?

• 11, 22, 33, ?

​Time to Test it Out!

• Same rules as usual

• We will take another 5-minute break after

• Any questions before we start?

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81, 72, 63, 54, ?

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2, 8, 26, ?

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2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?

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2, 6, 18, 54, ?

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Challenge Question

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?

Reflection and 5-Minute Break!

​Topics for Next Session(s)

• Greatest Common Factor and Lowest Common Multiple

  • This will help with multiplying and dividing fractions

• Geometry

  • Math but with shapes

• Algebra

  • Order of operations. Among other things...

​How am I doing?

• I'm going to have your answer some short questions, just to get an idea of how you're feeling about tutoring with me so far.

• Please be detailed

Open Ended

How do you feel about tutoring so far? Do you like it? Why or why not?

Open Ended

Is there anything that you want me to change or improve on? Explain.

Open Ended

Has tutoring been helpful to you? Why or why not?

Open Ended

What would help you learn better?

Open Ended

Is their a specific math topic you want to go over? What is it and why?

Open Ended

Are you struggling with anything in class? Be honest

Thank you for your time!