Lesson 5: Extending the Lab Gear Model

Create your own affine cipher for encoding and decoding messages. Input your own constant and multiplier, then input a message to encode.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, cipher, cryptography, division, modular, multiplication, pattern, remainders

Decode encrypted messages to determine the form for an affine cipher, and practice your reasoning and arithmetic skills. Input your guesses for the multiplier and constant. Caesar Cipher III is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, cipher, cryptography, division, functions, modular, multiplication, pattern, remainders

Encode and decode messages to determine the form for an affine cipher. Input a message to encode, then input your guesses for the constant and multiplier. Caesar Cipher II is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, cipher, cryptography, division, modular, multiplication, pattern, remainders

This activity allows the user to practice order of operations with addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, exponents, and parentheses. Order of Operations Quiz is one of the Interactivate assessment quizzes.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, associative, commutative, division, exponents, integers, multiplication, negative number, order of operations, subtraction

Students play a generalized version of connect four, gaining the chance to place a piece on the board by answering order of operations questions (addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, exponents, and parentheses). Parameters: time, difficulty level, types of questions. Order of Operations Four is one of the Interactivate assessment games.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, associative, commutative, division, exponents, integers, multiplication, negative number, order of operations, subtraction