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Lucky 7s

For Teachers 6th - 7th
This helpful lesson explores the probability in tossing a coin and throwing dice. Specifically, it looks at the probability of getting numbers that are significant to the game of craps, assuming that once the math is understood, most...
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Number Sense

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a lesson that is concerned with reviewing basic math concepts using the four operations. The activity is composed of a math game that is played by them.
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Handling Data: Probability, Chase Me game

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students participate in a simulation in which the aim is for the tortoise to catch up with the hare or vice versa. Moves are decided by throwing two dice. Adding together the numbers on the two dice tells you which animal moves one...
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From Probability to Combinatorics and Number Theory

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
What middle schooler does not enjoy an occasional online game? In this lesson play, you will find embedded links to an online probability game, and informative pages about how division is used in probability, the concept of tree models,...
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Number Sequences

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math number sequences learning exercise, students record data for 5 problems and then write the rules for each of the 5 problems based on the data they collected.
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Acting Like a Hog

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore game theory.  In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students plat the game of HOG using dice and explore the optimal strategies.  Students play the game three ways:  any number of dice, a...
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Money Math Carnival

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore money in a carnival format. In this money lesson, 3rd graders create a carnival of mathematics activities. Students determine the value of money in mixed amounts and explore how to create representations of money.
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Remove One

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
With a set of 15 chips and a number line, learners predict what sums may occur with the rolling of two dice. When their sum comes up, they remove one of the chips from their number line with the objective of being the first to remove...
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Grab the Candy Hearts

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this candy activity, learners play the game Grab the Candy for Valentine's Day where they roll dice to find ordered pairs on a graph and place the candy inside that square. Learners play until all candy is gone and use the scoring...
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Reinforcement Lesson in Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a wonderful place value game for your pupils that is played with dice. Very clear instructions on how the game is played are included in the plan. According to the author, they will "groan in disapproval" when it's time to stop...
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Quarter Combos

For Teachers 2nd
Review money with this motivating lesson. Using a simple game, learners practice adding up coins to total $.25. This lesson comes with worksheets that could be used to cement students' knowledge of this topic.
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Biggest Number Wins

For Teachers K Standards
Engage your mathematicians with this simple number-quantity game. Working in pairs, using two decks of 44 cards numbered 0-10 with corresponding sets of objects or images, young learners will each flip a card and decide...
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How Many Buttons

For Teachers K
Help learners explore the concepts of more than, less than, and equal to. They participate in a button attribute activity, play a game using buttons and a die, draw the sets of buttons in their journal, and play button bingo.
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Lotto or Life: What Are the Chances?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Though the website does not seem to have the mentioned video, a reding and lottery style games simulate the chances of finding intelligent life somewhere other than Earth. Without the video, this lesson plan is short, but it can be a...
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Acting Like a Hog

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore game theory.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students investigate the playing of a game called Hog which involves rolling dice.  High schoolers explore many different scenarios as they consider the...
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Challenge: Five in a Row with Decimal Numbers

For Students 6th - 9th
In this multiplication learning exercise, 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...
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Roll-a - Turkey

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students play a drawing game with dice. Following the directions on the chart, students roll the dice and draw the turkey part that the number indicates. The winner of the game has a full turkey drawing.
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Algebraic Addition

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners play a game to realize the rules of signs.
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Ordering Fractions and Decimals with use of Origami

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders play a game using origami cubes with fractions and decimals written on them.  In this ordering lesson, 5th graders order the fractions and decimals while earning points for their team. 
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Introduction to the Concept of Probability

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Acquaint mathematicians to the concept of probability with a discussion about the results of a game. Then have them play a dice, card, spinner, or coin game and recording the number of wins vs. the number of tries on an interactive web...
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Richard's Dice

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils problem solve logic problems. They complete a worksheet using dice as a manipulative. They decide on a problem solving strategy, solve the problem, and write up the solution.
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Lara's Equiprobable Dice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners try some new exercises involving probability. These are, first of all, that the probability of getting a given total when two dice are rolled is equal to the number of possible ways of getting that total, divided by 36 (the...
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"24" Game

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Pupils use four digits obtained from rolling four dice to create a mathematical expression equal to 24.
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Race to the Top-Multiplication Game

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils practice multiplication facts with a multiplication game. In this multiplication lesson plan, students roll dice and multiply the numbers shown and color in that number. The first student to the top wins.

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