Space Math @ NASA
This web page contains problem sets in PDF format. The goal of these problems is to teach students about astronomy and space science by using mathematics and real-world problems.
There are three hundred problem sets posted. One the left side of the webpage, you can select Math Topics, and then choose a grade span to examine. Within each grade range, there are categories of problems in areas such as geometry, algebra, and area. In addition to the problems, there are solution pages with a description of the steps of the solution.
For example, problems 109 and 100 explore scientific notation with real life meaning. The mass of the sun is 1,989,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. It only makes sense to write this using scientific notation. A scientists lab notebook just isn't big enough to keep writing numbers like these over and over.
Problem 82 is called Are U Nuts? This is a series of conversion problems, asking students to take kilometers per day and change them to furlongs per fortnight. Problem 226 examines slope -- with an astronomical perspective.
