Curated OER
And Around We Go!
Sixth graders conduct a survey and collect data to construct a bar graph that will then be changed into a circle graph. With the bar graph, 6th graders compare estimated fractions and percentages and estimate percentages. With the circle...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Circumference of a Circle
Calculating the circumference or perimeter of a circle has gotten easier with this formula and practice for finding the circumference.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What's in That Box of Cookies, Anyway?
In this video segment from TV 411, learn how to read nutrition labels on food containers and calculate the calorie content of different serving amounts.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Let's Go Shopping
Students can practice estimation by rounding decimal numbers to the nearest dollar.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: School Store
Students can practice subtraction with regrouping using decimals as they make change.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Decimals [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of place value system to represent and compare rational numbers.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Fractions [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of fractions and place value system to locate numbers on a number line.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Percent Cards [Pdf]
This task challenges students to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals and percents.
University of Texas
Inisde Mathematics: Sewing [Pdf]
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of the relationships between fractions, decimals and percents.
Queen's Printer for Ontario
Eworkshop.on.ca: Number Sense and Numeration, Grds 4 6: Decimal Numbers [Pdf]
Volume 6 in a workshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for teaching decimal numbers and concepts to students in grades 4 through 6. Includes sample learning activities.
Other
Plane Math: Activities: Fill 'Er Up
Students work in groups to plan a flight around the country. The activity explores estimation, number sense, measurement, and patterns. The resource consists of a lesson plan, group activity instructions, lesson overview, and an expert...
Other
Active Maths Limited: Fractions, Decimals & Percentages
Here are two excellent, interactive, teaching resources that visually demonstrate equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.
Other
Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Scratch: Decimals and Fractions on the Number Line
The interactive activity has students place decimals and fractions on the correct place on a number line.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Chapter Test Fractions and Decimals
Students are assessed on fractions and decimals. Topics include greatest common factor, improper fractions, and fractions as decimals. The self-checking test includes hints and solutions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Multiplying and Dividing With Decimals
Students are assessed on decimal multiplication and division skills. Hints and solutions are provided in this self-checking quiz.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Representing Decimals
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of how to represent decimals. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
Other
Active Maths Limited: Decimal Number Lines: Whiteboard Resources
This is an excellent resource for teaching and learning about decimals. Three different interactive number lines help students visualize units in tenths and hundredths and decimals.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Fractions
This resource allows user to test their knowledge of fractions.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Math Lesson Plans
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of math-related subjects.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What's a Percentage?
Use this site to learn about percents, and how they relate to decimals and fractions with this interactive online lesson. You will learn about percents, convert percents into fractions and decimals, and find equal parts of a whole.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Naming Decimals
Do you know how to name decimals to the tenths place? Test your skills with these 20 questions.
Other
Center School District: Everyday Math Resources
Everyday Math Resources for 5th grade is an excellent resource for both students and teachers. Twelve math strands are linked to activities and interactive games that support the learning outcomes. Click on links at the top to access...
Yale University
Solving Problems by the Hundreds
This site contains a study of percentage and its applications in the study of consumer related problems. Problems involving sales tax are included. Examples, explanation, solutions and a bibliography are also included in the site.