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Illustrative Mathematics
Ten $10s Make $100
If ten $10s make $100, then how much money do twenty $10s make? Young bankers find the number of bills required to make base ten amounts in three different word problems.
Illustrative Mathematics
Growing Bean Plants (Grade 2)
After planting a bean seed in a jar, young scientists observe the growth patterns over several days. As the bean becomes a sprout, and the sprout becomes a plant, partners measure and plot the data. They notice patterns, practice...
Illustrative Mathematics
Saving Money 1
How many days will it take Louis to save enough money for school supplies and new pair of shoes? Focus on Common Core math standards with a two-part task that involves a word problem and counting manipulatives.
Illustrative Mathematics
Three Composing/Decomposing Problems
Practice composing and decomposing numbers in base-ten using three word problems. Each problem presents a different scenario requiring learners to explain their thinking, find the number of ones, and find out different ways to make a...
Illustrative Mathematics
Counting Stamps
Stamps come in sheets, strips, and singles. Young mathematicians use their knowledge of hundreds, tens, and ones to determine how many stamps Mike has altogether.
Coloring Squared
Thanksgiving Turkey—Holiday Subtraction
It's time to practice 2-digit subtraction up to 20 the fun way. Learners solve a grid full of subtraction problems and then color each square the appropriate color according to the key. The final picture: a turkey!
Coloring Squared
Thanksgiving Pilgrim—Holiday Subtraction
What's the mystery picture? Pupils solve the subtraction problems in each square. Then they use the key at the bottom to determine the color of the square.
Doina Popovici
Soccer Addition and Subtraction
Students compete on two teams practicing adding and subtracting whole numbers. After each correct answer, students attempt to make a goal by kicking a soccer ball.
Math Drills
Valentine's Day Ordering and Comparing (E)
Love is in the air, and in a math table! Young learners chart the number of cards from each grade from least to greatest in three Valentine's Day word problems.
Illustrative Mathematics
Looking at Numbers Every Which Way
Assess class members' ability to look at numbers every which way. A helpful worksheet contain four tasks, including writing numbers as a sum of 100's, 10's, and 1's, and drawing a picture to represent the number.
Fluence Learning
Divide Shapes
Let's partition rectangles into equal parts. Assess learners on their ability to divide shapes into equal parts, and their ability to explain their thinking.
Illustrative Mathematics
Comparisons 1
A seven question worksheet asks learners to use place value strategies to decide if each number comparison is true or false.
Illustrative Mathematics
Making 124
How many ways can you make the number 124 using only tens and ones? Use a task that prompts young mathematicians to make 124 in as many ways as possible.
Illustrative Mathematics
One, Ten, and One Hundred More and Less
What's 1 more or less than a number? What's 10 more or 10 less than a given number? What's 100 more or 100 less than a number? These are the types of problems learners must answer in a six-question worksheet.
Illustrative Mathematics
Saving Money 2
Adding money is a key skill in life. Give a worksheet that requires second graders to find the total amount of money Louis needs to make certain school supply purchases.
Illustrative Mathematics
Regrouping
What number does 6 tens and 16 ones represent? How is it different from or similar to the number that 7 tens and 6 ones represent? This is the type of questions learners are asked to solve as a way to understand the concept of regrouping.
Illustrative Mathematics
Red and Blue Tiles
Here, second graders are tasked to find the patterns that have an even number of tiles. They are asked to think about why these patterns are even or odd and explain how they know.
Illustrative Mathematics
Largest Number Game
Learners are asked to make the largest three-digit number they can with the numbers 1, 8, and 5 in a quick assessment worksheet.
Illustrative Mathematics
Digits 2-5-7
Given three digits, what is the largest humber you can make? What is the smallest number you can make? These are the questions second graders are prompted to answer in a three-question quiz.
Illustrative Mathematics
Bundling and Unbundling
Seven tens, plus five ones, equals 75. Five ones, plus seven tens, also equals 75. These are the types of equations learners are asked to make true in a activity with 11 unfinished equations.
Curriculum Corner
Chrysanthemum: Name Graphing
Let's graph the amount of letters in everyone's name in the class. Give the two-page sheet to class members to collect letter data and then translate their data into a graph.
Illustrative Mathematics
Jamir's Penny Jar
Before you start counting the coins in Jamir's coin jar, figure out which coin to start with. Should it be the penny or the quarter? Why? This is the focus around a worksheet that works well as an assessment on counting money and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Ordering Time
Practice telling time to the nearest five minutes in a digital and analog clock activity. Learners are prompted to order clock cards in increasing time order, and then write the time each clock represents.
Illustrative Mathematics
Which Pictures Represent One Half?
Which image represents one half? Answer the question surrounding four shapes, some of which represent one half and others representing a different amount. The last two questions ask learners to explain why some shapes represent one half...