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Adding Ten Tiles I

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students practice this problem that needs a certain amount of experimentation (trial and error) to get any answer at all. In the process they practice their basic number facts. However, to get the complete set of answers Students need to...
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The Clumsy Tiler N (Metric)

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore patterns and geometric sequencing. Students devise and use problem solving strategies to explore situations mathematically. Students solve real life problems. They demonstrate, with cardboard pieces, fraction and...
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Addition & Subtraction Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this addition and subtraction word problems learning exercise, students examine, analyze and develop a variety of word problems solving skills involving both addition and subtraction.
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The Box with the Greatest Volume

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use measurement tools to measure the nearest 16th of an inch. They connect fractions and their decimal equivalents and compare this with other decimals. Finally, the class uses algebraic concepts and formulas to solve problems.
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Decimals: Dividing-1

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this decimals worksheet, students practice problem solving twenty four division equations involving decimals. Students show each step of their work.
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Addition-Decimals

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
In this addition worksheet, students solve twenty equations associated with addition and decimals. Students show each step of their work as they solve each equation.
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Writing Algebraic Expressions for Words

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the concept of algebraic expressions. In this algebraic expressions activity, students convert pictures and word problems into algebraic expressions. Students play a game where they tell the algebraic expression...
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Measuring a Mummy Case

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice how to calculate volume using mummy cases. They measure using ancient Egyptian, U.S., and metric systems. They explore how to convert measurements into different systems, and discuss ratios.
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Mental Addition And Subtraction

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, while in the computer lab, participate in the game ArithmAttack and complete as many additions and subtraction equations as they can in sixty seconds. They access the web site Mathfrog.com and begin their adventure with...
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Mental Multiplication and Division

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders play a game of ArithmAttack, they complete as many multiplications or divisions as possible in 60 seconds. They go to the Mathfrog website, and select ArithmAttack. Students are asked to maximize the window, select the high...
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Alternative Alphabet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils determine and compare hieroglyph content and frequency to sentences constructed in an alternative alphabet based on symbols that mimic sounds of the alphabet. They decide which images are hieroglyphs and which ones are not.
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A Matter of Proportion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners measure the relative heights of the mosaic giraffe and its trainer and compare their proportions to an actual giraffe and zoo trainer.
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Pyrotechnics

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss pyrotechnics and what they have noticed about their height and speed. They think about the path which fireworks follow which is a parabola. They follow multiplication patterns to determine the Zero Product Property and...
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Math & Social Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are given data and are to calculate averages and yearly totals of how many cars travel the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. They also make a graph of the data.
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Code Breakers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect data and make a frequency table, change ratios into percents, and analyze data to make predictions.
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Properties of Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and...
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Spaghetti Measure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students receive a copy of a "Spaghetti Measure" task sheet along with the scoring rubric. Students preview the task and the rubric prior to starting the task. tudeThey determine the circumference of a circle of spaghetti that will...
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And Around We Go!

For Teachers 6th
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...

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