A thorough presentation is chock full of great tips on how to develop mental math skills, add decimals, and reinforce the memorization of multiplication facts. Learners solve a variety of problems, while getting tips along the way. An...

Being able to estimate, understanding place value and fractions, and solving word problems are all important skills in math. This PowerPoint is a Jeopardy-style game where young mathematicians utilize all of these skills in order to win...

Looking for tangible ways to practice probability with your class? Through 4 activities, students practice with experimental probability, using math to make educated guesses, then testing it through physically completing the experiment....

The need for a counting unit is mentioned as you introduce the mole to your young chemists. Use this presentation to explain Avogadro's number and describe the incredible quantity it represents. Lecture notes are included for most of the...

In this number uses worksheet, students review the different purposes numbers are used for: to order, to position, to count, to measure, and to label. Students then tell how each number is being used. Students write position, count,...

Find an easier way to double it. Using the price of an item and the Consumer Price Index, learners determine how long it will be for the price to double. Scholars calculate the length of time it would take for the price to double using a...

How can you model exponential decay? Explore different situations involving exponential decay functions and decreasing linear functions by performing activities with MandM candy, popcorn kernels, and number cubes.

In this math activity, students use problem solving skills to draw a path through the maze as they begin at 2 and count by 2s up to 200.

Eleventh graders practice the Quadrat Survey Technique to analyze the biodiversity of a local plant community. They compare its biodiversity with the documented changes in biodiversity of the tallgrass prairie over time.

Welcome learners to the world of algebra. Use a lesson that poses a situation involving the profit from creating greeting cards to teach about algebra. It requires scholars to use linear functions and inequalities to solve problems.

In this measurement worksheet, students read a table of products sold in a vending machine and their metric capacities.  Students solve 6 word problems where they convert milliliters to liters and liters to milliliters. ...

Challenge your second graders with a learning exercise on units of measurement! Not only do they put their measurement skills to the test, but kids practice word problem strategies as well. The second part of the resource prompts...

In this fractional parts of a number worksheet, students read and solve 6 story problems that pertain to fractional parts of a whole number.

Watch your classroom turn into an arcade. Pupils work in groups to build pinball machines from boxes and other found objects. Gamers must incorporate a variety of obstacles and launchers into the machine to see their designs in motion.

A helpful presentation that demonstrates the similarities between fractions and percentages Learners are first shown a grid of 100 squares that has a certain amount shaded in. They are taught how to assign both a fractional value and a...

Test your fifth graders' math skills with five word problems involving fractions. After studying two examples at the top of the page, pupils multiply fractions by whole numbers to solve each word problem. The worksheet provides two...

Through estimating, scholars are able to make these word problems simpler as they multiply to find approximate answers. Using an example as guidance, they solve five scenarios, each of which has space for learners to show their work. The...

Pupils use basic facts and patterns to find the products of multiples of tens, hundreds, and thousands. They solve twelve problems.

Walk your scholars through the process of finding percentages using this problem-solving worksheet! A word problem asks students to figure out how many pieces of a puzzle are left, if the completed 750 pieces make up 60% of the total....

Use this distributive property practice worksheet to have your learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.

For these calculating and converting fractions and percentages worksheets, learners add and subtract fractions, solve word problems, and convert fractions to percentages and percentages to fractions. They solve 85 problems.

Every time you purchase something from the store, it goes into a bag, but what happens to the bag? This lesson encourages your learners to think about what happens to those plastic and paper bags and their effect on the environment. Use...

Math just got real! Scholars solve seven word problems dealing with life applications for multiplication, division, and subtraction.  They show their work in a designated space, and must include units in their answers. Learners will...

This extensive collection of slides begins with diagrams of molecules undergoing evaporation, progresses through methods of measuring pressure, demonstrates how to perform pressure calculations, and then explores the temperature-pressure...