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Cubic Number Worksheet
In this cubic number learning exercise, students find the cubes of 24 one and two digit numbers. They enter the answers on-line and print the pages as needed.
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Count on Math
Students develop number sense up to a million. In this developing number sense up to a million activity, students count their breaths in given time span. Students use blocks representing 10's and 100's to create a...
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Cube Models
Sixth graders are introduced to the concepts of area and volume. In groups, they work together to build models of square centimeters in which they are given no instructions. To end the lesson, they record the dimensions of each model...
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Teach Surface Area and Volume in the Most Engaging Way!
Build a Zarcon-proof home as a math activity that will provide tremendous advantages for engagement, for differentiation, and for mastery of concepts. This activity focuses specifically on surface area and volume using mathematical...
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Regrouping Ten Ones for One Ten
Young scholars explore regrouping. In this hands-on math place value lesson, students construct models using connecting cubes and place value mats to solve simple addition problems that require regrouping.
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Challenge: Five in a Row with Decimal Numbers
In this multiplication worksheet, students play a game with 2 number cubes or dice where they substitute decimals for the numbers on the cubes. Students multiply the decimals together then find the corresponding product on a 5 by 5...
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Surface Area practice 17.4
In this finding the surface area worksheet, students determine the surface areas of solid figures, complete the areas of a face and surface area of a cube in a table, and answer word problems. Students answer fourteen questions.
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Lesson One: Perimeter, Area, Volume
Students explore perimeter, area and volume. Using geoboards, toothpicks, and marshmallows, students create specific shapes. They are directed to use formulas to find the volume, area, and perimeter of the created shapes. In groups,...
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Making Cubes
Third graders explore vocabulary associated with three dimensional figures. In this transformations instructional activity, 3rd graders create two dimensional nets for three dimensional figures. Students become familiar with...
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Various Volumes
In this volume activity, students create different sized cubes and compare the sizes by pouring sand from one cube into another. Students follow 4 directions and reflect on their findings.
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Computing Volume Progression 3
Learners are given a volume of a rectangular tank and are asked to find the water height. Because the total volume of the tank is given in liters, your geometers will need to use a unit ratio to convert to centimeters cubed. The exercise...
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Reading and Writing Numbers up to Thousands
Budding math analyists look at 4-digit numbers that are broken down by thousands, hundreds, tens and units. They write each number in words and represent them using their unifix cubes of base 10 blocks. There are two problems to complete...
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Volume and Surface Area
Students explore volume and surface area. In this math activity, students fill boxes with cubes to identify the volume of the boxes. Students discuss area.
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ONES and TENS
Before you can teach place value or regroup, you need to provide students with a concrete idea of the definition of ones and tens. Here, ones and tens are defined and then shown several different ways in order to represent several...
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Jessica's Aquarium
Sixth graders use problem solving strategies to determine the amount of gravel needed to fill the bottom of an aquarium that is 50 cm long, 20 cm wide, and 30 cm high. Students use centimeter cubes and brainstorm strategies they might...
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Compare and Order Numbers
Students compare and order numbers to 100. They count numbers forwards and backwards. Given specific numbers, students place the numerals in the correct order. Students use bean bags, cubes, or blocks to compare and order numbers.
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Countdown Challenge: Platonic Solids - Part II
In this platonic solid worksheet, students observe five solids and draw a net of each three-dimensional figure. Students examine a tetrahedron, an octahedron, an icosahedron, a cube, and a dodecahedron. This is a one-page worksheet.
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Steps to Factor a Polynomial
Students explore the concept of factoring polynomials. In this factoring polynomials worksheet, students factor using a GCF, by grouping, a difference of two squares, two cubes, etc.
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Problem Solving by Using Multiplication to Solve Division Problems
Students use index cards, counting cubes, and their own understanding to identify how division problems can be solved by using multiplication. In this division lesson plan, students use their multiplication skills to solve division...
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Calculate Volume: Pictorial
Learners find the volume of four figures drawn in shaded cube form. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Calculate Surface Area Worksheet
Learners calculate the surface area of three rectangular prisms, including a cube, based on given dimensions. There are only three diagrams with which to work. Nice homework, as it provides practice, but isn't too much busy work or...
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Understanding 10: Backwards and Forwards
Help your young mathematicians completely master 10 by practicing one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, and recording numbers displayed. They make 10 with groups of two-different colored cubes and color in 10-frames to show how...
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Probability
Using real life examples, learners discuss probability and ratios. They begin by answering a set of questions, and then participate in a probability activity involving a bag of colored cubes.
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Color the Right Shapes
I remember doing this activity when I was little. Learners color each shape the color indicated at the top of the page. Squares are blue, cubes are red, circles are green and so on. There are 30 shapes to identify and color.