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Illustrative Mathematics

Baseball Cards

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a resource that demonstrates growth and the initial state of an equation. For this case, your class will be looking at baseball collections. How many baseball cards did the collector start out with, and how many were added or...
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Curated OER

The Ants Go Marching

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Integrate art, math, life science, music, and fun in this beginning addition and subtraction activity. Children kinesthetically represent adding and subtracting numbers to 10; they stand up one at a time as you count forward and sit down...
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EngageNY

The Geometric Effect of Some Complex Arithmetic 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Translating complex numbers is as simple as adding 1, 2, 3. In the ninth lesson in a 32-part series, the class takes a deeper look at the geometric effect of adding and subtracting complex numbers. The resource leads pupils into what it...
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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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Curated OER

Adding and Subtracting With Negative Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners solve equations with negative numbers. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students review how to add and subtract with positive and negative numbers on a number line. Learners discuss the outcomes of adding two negative...
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Curated OER

Adding and Subtracting Bears and Goats

For Teachers 1st
First graders evaluate math problems using farm animals.  In this consumer math lesson, 1st graders discover math problems which concern quantities of farm animals.  Students discover new strategies to help them analyze their...
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Curated OER

Adding Decimals with Hundredths

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this worksheet, students learn to add decimal numbers to the hundredths. Students first compare adding and subtracting decimals with the corresponding fractions in 6 problems. Then students add 35 decimal numbers mentally, filling...
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Curated OER

Domino Adding

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice adding numbers to twelve. In this computation instructional activity, students construct paper domino patterns and play games in which they use the the dots on the dominoes to make addition problems.
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Curated OER

Investigating Fraction Circles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Add and subtract fractions with common denominators! In this fractions lesson, upper graders review what they already know about fractions, use manipulatives to compare fractions, and add and subtract fractions.
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Curated OER

Interesting Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers add and subtract integers. In this algebra lesson, students analyze integers using hands on manipulative. They solve problems of addition and subtractions using their signs correctly. They play a game of cards to...
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EngageNY

Scientific Notation

For Students 8th Standards
Young mathematicians learn how scientific notation is meant to save time. Part 10, out of a series of 15, asks scholars to recognize the correct use of scientific notation and finish by adding and subtracting numbers using...
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Curated OER

20 Tickets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
A great hands-on activity involving adding and subtracting, beginner mathematicians determine how many games can be played with 20 tickets. Instead of tickets, youngsters use 20 counters or linking cubes to represent the amount of...
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Curated OER

Writing Number Sentences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice writing number sentences. After reading real world problems, they describe the same situation by writing a number sentence. Students use algebra tiles, or counters, to demonstrate the use zero pairs in solving...
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Curated OER

Add & Subtract Fractions w/Unlike Denominators, 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use several examples to create a method for adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. They present these methods to the class and then practice applying methods to sample problems.
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Curated OER

Add and Subtract with Hudson River shipping

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Rivers aren't just a place for animals to live, they also provide industrial transportation. The class will examine the Hudson River on a map, discuss all the commercial vessels that use the River to transport materials, then complete a...
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Curated OER

Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction (B)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this adding and subtracting thee-digit numbers worksheet, students solve with mixed regrouping and no regrouping. Students solve 49 problems.
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Curated OER

Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction (A)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this adding and subtracting three-digit numbers worksheet, students solve with mixed regrouping and no regrouping. Students solve 49 problems.
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Curated OER

Subtracting Integers: Math, Physical Education, Dancing, Negative Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate their understanding of positive and negative integers by adding and subtracting. More importantly, students explain why a negative number, subtracted from a negative number, changes the operation.
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EngageNY

Sums and Differences of Decimals

For Students 6th Standards
Sometimes dealing with decimals is so much easier than dealing with fractions. The ninth lesson plan in a 21-part module has the class consider situations when it might be easier to add or subtract fractions by first converting to...
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University of Minnesota

Fraction Operations and Initial Decimal Ideas

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Add another strategy to the toolboxes of young mathematicians with this elementary math activity on using number lines to add and subtract fractions.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Operations on the Number Line

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A different way to look at integers is on this number line with variables in place of numbers. Learners are to look at different expressions and describe why they think the answer would be positive or negative, depending on the location...
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University of Colorado

Solving a Mixed Up Problem

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Begin the process of adding and subtracting spectra. Having a basic understanding of occultation events, pupils begin the pursuit to determine what a found atmosphere might contain. Learners work with two graphs and calculate what the...
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Curated OER

Matrix Operations

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Two real-world activities to practice adding, subtracting and multiplying matrices to problem solve. Data from several Pro football quarterbacks is used in one activity to make some predictions based on their stats. Then the class takes...
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Curated OER

Math Review (Preparing for CST)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students integrate Math and Music to practice the concept of adding and subtracting decimals. In this math review lesson, students explore music as a way to build math skills. Students listen to the "Decimal Song" and then write a math...

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