Students practice figuring percentages by solving written shopping problems.  In this consumer math lesson, students read several scenarios dealing with items on sale and must figure out the new price.  Students check their...

Students apply number and operation skills to learn how to spend a gift certificate. In this mathematical reasoning lesson, students use base 10 blocks as money and calculate how much money they have.

Students explore the concept of the golden ratio. In this golden ratio lesson, students measure objects to determine if their measurements fit the golden ratio. Students calculate the average measurements of the class.

Young scholars determine the most equitable way to share space and cost between three schools for a fictional science fair. Given a diagram, a word problem, and a data set, students analyze and explain the best way for all schools to...

Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.

Students explore the concept of estimating by watching a video, and discussing the strategies for estimation. They estimate the costs for various menu items, then calculate the exact amount spent.

How accurate are robots? Groups draw lines by moving robots backwards and forwards by one rotation of the wheels. Using the appropriate formula, they determine the percent error in the length of the lines in relation to the calculated...

In this decimal place value chart worksheet, students work independently to fill in the blanks on the chart so that the numbers equal out correctly and the missing words are stated correctly.

Students study the egg code to learn about sea ice. For this sea ice lesson, students discuss and view a diagram to learn about the egg code when describing sea ice and its thickness. Students work in groups to play a game using the egg...

Students are "given" $25.00 to spend at a restaurant. Using the Internet, they must "order" a complete 4 course meal while staying within their budget.

Students work in groups that are engaged in different activities at different times. They watch the video "Madagascar" and collect data pertaining to the Fish Eagle's arm spam. They work together to perform mathematical computations...

In this simple past tense instructional activity, students use words and phrases given to form positive sentences in the given tense. Answers may be submitted online for review. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of rounding 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" button...

This lesson from AAA Math explains how to round decimals to the nearest tenth. Gives practice problems and games to test your skills.

This tutorial has definitions and examples of decimals, whole numbers, and exponents. In addition, a variety of topics are covered, such as comparing, multiplying and subtracting.

Follow this step by step word problem to learn to round decimals. Then test yourself.

Solve word problems by rounding decimals Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Soccer Math: Rounding provides a fun way for kids to practice rounding numbers. There are three different levels of difficulty: 1.Tens & Hundreds 2.Tens, Hundreds & Thousands 3.Tens, Hundreds, Thousands & Decimals Get five...

Use this website to practice rounding decimals to the nearest whole numbers using a flash card format.

This site explains how to round decimals to the nearest hundredth. This site provides games to practice this skill.

Round decimals using number lines. Select numbers that round to a given value. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Round decimals and whole numbers to the nearest thousand, hundred, ten, one, tenth, or hundredth. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Create your own math facts worksheets for rounding numbers. Problems can positive and negative numbers and decimal values. The user inputs the maximum and minimum values of the numbers to be used, makes decisions about negatives and...

A large collection of teacher resources dealing with decimals at many different levels. There are worksheets, PowerPoints, smartboard presentations, Excel, Word, and pdf files for the teacher's use.