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Illustrative Mathematics

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 is short, but it can be a useful...
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Target 15.287

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a math game in adding numbers from one up to ones of thousands or decimal numbers from thousandths to ones with the roll of a pair of dice in advanced additive to advanced proportional stages six and eight....
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Acting Like a Hog

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

For Students 6th - 9th
For 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...
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Roll-a - Turkey

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving learning exercise, 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...
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Algebraic Addition

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Pupils 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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Representing Numbers Using Scientific Notation

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Learners explore the concept of scientific notation. For this scientific notation lesson, mathematicians discuss how multiplying by a power of 10 affects the decimal. They play Powers of 10 Yahtzee. Students roll a die five times and...
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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
Students 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
Students 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
Students 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
Students 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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Mehen - Egyptian Activity Sheet

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Egyptian game worksheet, students cut out the game board and the game pieces and follow the directions to play "Mehen", the snake game.
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Data Analysis and Probability Race to the Finish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice addition facts, record data, and construct a bar graph. In this probability lesson, students participate in a board game in which bicycles move towards a finish line based on players completing addition problems. Dice...
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Doubling and Halving

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this double the numbers and half the numbers worksheet, students problem solve by doubling, complete an input-output table by halving, and play a dice game and doubling the numbers. Students solve 28 problems.
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Probability- Based Bingo Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Statisticians play a game of Bingo to discover the meaning of probability. They are given 12 markers to distribute across the numbers 1-12 on their playing mat. As a pair of dice is rolled, markers are removed from the playing mat. The...
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Multiplication Football

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write out the multiplication facts of six; repeating them aloud. They then play a makeshift football game. They draw the field on construction paper and use figurines to represent players. They roll the dice to determine...
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Make the Highest Total

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders predict the outcome of a simple probability experiment, test it and explain the result by using problem solving strategies to explore situations mathematically. They then play a few games informally where students play in...
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Meba Math (K-1)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students work with counters and math mats to demonstrate number concepts. For this number concept lesson, students use cubes and configuration cards to show more or less than given numbers.
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Penny, Nickel, Dime

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this money worksheet, students play a game with a pair of dice involving the arithmetic operations of addition and subtraction. Students interact with pennies, nickels and dimes.
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Math + Fitness = FUN

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play a game wherein they role 2 dice and calculate either the sum, difference or product of the numbers and the answer is the number of exercises they do. They change stations to do different exercises or skills.

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