Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  For this economics lesson, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for their...

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.

A hands-on lesson created students use beans as manipulatives to solve addition number sentences. Requires the book, Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy.

Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.

Students compute minimum velocity, using square roots.

Students construct rain gauges and use them to log rainfall in their school zone, local city, and region and then compare and discuss them by plotting this information.

Seventh graders practice applying the rules of divisibility.

Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.

Fourth graders use kidspiration software to demonstrate understanding of the concept of equivalent fractions. Using a combination of manipulatives, computer software and writing teachers can easily assess student mastery of number sense.

Fifth graders explore fact families. They solve simple math problems. Students determine which mathematical property is used to solve the given problem. They are given five minutes to complete as many mathematical facts as possible.

In this math learning exercise, learners engage in a mental math activity. Student think a number and follow several computations with that number and always come up with the answer 9. Students discuss why this happens.

Students arrange the planets according to their distances from the sun. In this astronomy lesson, students list interesting properties about each planet. They identify an unknown planet photo.

Add whole numbers and tenths like 4 + 5.7. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Add tenths like 0.7 + 0.5. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Add larger numbers with tenths like 40.1+7.6 Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Add whole numbers, tenths, and hundredths like 60+2.57 or 5.53+3.1 Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Add hundredths like 0.76+0.21 Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Add more challenging whole numbers, tenths, and hundredths like 5.7+4.51 or 47.75+11.98. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

This website explains and defines adding whole numbers and decimals. Content explores addition with regrouping and how to align numbers in a written calculation. There are even practice problems at the end of the lesson.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This fun decimal addition worksheet introduces students to the world of operations with decimal numbers. Fifth graders use models to visualize the addition of numbers in the tenths and hundredths places...

This Jeopardy game challenges students to add, subtract, and multiply decimals. Play with up to 10 teams.

Add two numbers that are either whole numbers or written to the tenths place value. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Add two numbers that are written to the ones, tenths, or hundredths place. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

If you are looking for a website that explains and defines subtraction with decimals you have arrived at an excellent resource. There are even practice problems at the very end of the lesson.