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Mathematics Assessment Project

Using Positive and Negative Numbers in Context

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Measure the temperature of your math class with a temperature-based lesson on adding and subtracting rational numbers. The thermometer serves as a vertical number line for learners as they work together to solve a temperature change...
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Yummy Math

Hot Summer. . . Cold Winter

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A table of each state's record temperature reports data that middle schoolers can place on a number line for analysis. A written explanation of how to use this tool and the concept of absolute value are also included. Nine questions are...
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Yummy Math

Starbucks Drinks

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The casual language and popular topic will make this assignment all the more engaging for your middle school math class. They use Starbucks beverage sales and nutrition values to practice ratios, proportions, statistics, and...
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Exploratorium

Beyond Dominoes: Polyominoes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Dominoes, polyominoes, tetrominoes, and pentominoes are the subject of this interesting math activity designed for middle schoolers. Pupils cut out shapes that are embedded in a worksheet in the plan, and experiment with them by...
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k12 Math Worksheets

Prime Factorization

For Students 6th - 8th
Your learners will get plenty of prime factoring practice with this one-page math instructional activity. 
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Virginia Department of Education

Classifying Angles

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Don't be obtuse, this geometry unit is the just the right resource for educating the acute young minds in your class. From classifying and measuring angles, to determining the congruence of shapes, this...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Integers, Opposites, Absolute Value

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Straight from the pages of a math textbook, this three-lesson series introduces young mathematicians to the world of integers. Starting with a definition of integers and their applications in the real world, this resource goes on to...
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Centre for Innovation in Mamatics Teaching

Area, Perimeter and Volume

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Develop young mathematicians' knowledge of two- and three-dimensional shapes with this geometry workbook. From learning about the classifications of different shapes and figures to calculating their area, perimeter, and volume, this...
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Liberty Union-Thurston

Equivalent Fractions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
The next lesson in a math series builds off the previous one in which learners estimated fraction amounts using fraction bars. Here, pupils view equivalent fractions with unlike denominators using fraction bars. Lastly,...
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AIMS Education Foundation

Classroom Olympics

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
As the Summer Olympics are approaching, incorporate Olympic-type games into the classroom. From straw javelin to cotton ball shot put, these games are sure to keep leaners engaged. The best part is that there is math involved! Pupils...
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Beyond Benign

Measurement Madness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Behind all good design and construction lies a perfect set of plans that are created by a person who knows his, or her, math! Youngsters practice using one of the key tools of the draftsman, the ruler, to practice measuring...
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Yummy Math

How Much Wrapping Paper Can You Save?

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Give the ultimate gift this holiday season: Christmas-themed math skills! Young gift givers calculate the amount of wrapping paper that should be used for a particular wrapping method.
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Noyce Foundation

What's Your Angle?

For Students K - 12th Standards
Math can be a work of art! Reach your artistic pupils as they explore angle measures. A creative set of five problems of varying levels has young learners study interior and exterior angle measures of polygons. The introductory levels...
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Beyond Benign

Hit the Deck: Area and Perimeter Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Designing a deck sure demands a lot of math. Future engineers and architects learn about the areas and perimeters of squares, rectangles, triangles, and composite figures. They apply their new knowledge to design a deck with a specified...
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Beyond Benign

House Project Overview

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What does your perfect house look like? Pupils design a sustainable house given certain specifications. They create concept maps that detail the math skills they need to use while considering their designs.
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Curriculum Corner

Christmas Cover-it

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A Christmas-themed math game prompts partners to find a multiplication fact on the board, say the fact, and cover it with chips. The last person to cover the last multiplication fact wins!
Activity
101 Questions

How Many Hot Dogs?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Top off your hot dogs with a little math. Learners view a video on a hot dog eating contest, and then answer questions using estimation. Using a table of hypothetical data, they create algebraic expressions to represent the situation.
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101 Questions

Combining Coupons

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Everyone likes to save money! Use your math skills to figure out just how much you can save on a pair of sweet shoes. A vendor is running a percent off sale, with a percent off coupon, and a specific dollar amount coupon—and lets you use...
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101 Questions

Banana Bread Baker

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
You don't want to be short bananas when making bread. Scholars use their math skills to make sure there are enough bananas to go around. Using measurements given in a recipe, they must determine how many bananas they need to increase the...
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101 Questions

Coca Cola Pool

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Do the math before you do something crazy—like filling a pool full of Coca-Cola. A video shows a pool owner filling a large backyard pool with bottles of Coke. Scholars use the dimensions of the pool to determine the number of bottles...
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Curated OER

Time And Money: Time Zones Word Problems

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students examine a map of North America with all the time zones marked. Students solve 11 time zone word problems and fill out a chart which displays shipping times.
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Curated OER

Commutative and Associative Properties

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students solve one-digit and two-digit multiplication problems. Students also use the Commutative and Associative Properties to solve 44 multiplication problems.
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Curated OER

Using Factor Trees

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students read about how to create a factor tree. Students use factor trees to determine the prime factors of 16 numbers.
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Curated OER

Making Decisions With Probability

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students investigate 6 probability problems which include percentages. Students read the story problems and answer with both numbers and word explanations.

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