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Skittles Lab

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use Skittles as manipulatives to practice computing decimals from fractions, computing decimals into percentages, and creating bar graphs from gathered data.
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Work with Congruent Parts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the concept of congruency. In this fractions lesson, students use paper plates to practice recognizing congruent parts as they make folds and cuts to represent equal parts.
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Fraction Action

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create fractions using strips of paper and then compare the fractions.
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Fraction Fun With Food

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use candy and pizza to identify concepts associated with fractions. They work together in groups to create fractions. They complete a worksheet individually to complete the activity.
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Learning The Basic Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore basic shapes concepts. In this math lesson, students examine circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles as they draw the figures they see on worksheets.
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Constructing Tangrams

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. In this tangrams instructional activity, 7th graders construct a set of tangrams and then answer extension questions related to...
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Changing Decimals to Mixed Numbers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this decimal to mixed numbers activity, students solve 10 problems, changing given decimal numbers to mixed numbers. Answers and hints are available on-line; a reference web site for additional resources is given.
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Cross Section and Slope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students draw cross sections of given contour maps. In this math lesson, students interpret the different symbols used in the map. They determine slope and steepness through direct measurement.
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Parts of a Whole

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners recognize coins are worth a fraction of a dollar. They represent the value of different coins by shading in their equivalent fractional parts in the circle. They understand that fractions are part of a whole.
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Table Settings

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore and examine how to make organized lists and find patterns to help them solve problems. They identify, analyze and determine a rule for predicting and extending numerical patterns involving operations of whole...
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Remarkable Ratios

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ratios worksheet, students examine pictures of 12 cartoon characters. Students solve 12 problems in which a ratio is written to show the number of characters with certain attributes compared to the total number.
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Dividing Integers

For Students 4th - 6th
In this integer division instructional activity, students evaluate 10 integer expressions. Answers and hints are available on-line; a reference web site for additional resources is given.
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Ratio Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve for the different ratio and proportion of a problem. In this geometry lesson, students show their knowledge of how to solve proportional relationships. They convert between percent, decimals and fractions.
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Can You Compose?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate musical notes. In this music lesson, 4th graders compose a short song while clapping the rhythm and singing the syllables using the appropriate notes or rests.
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Fraction Fun!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a fraction game removing a fraction of a whole as the spinner dictates.
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Getting Partial

For Teachers 2nd
This unit introduces a number of important concepts relating to fractions. The first of these is that fractions represent parts of regions and sets and so are useful in a large variety of situations. Whole numbers are not enough by...
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Math Mania

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of fractions and decimals through a variety of activities and exercises.
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Mars Fraction Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners gain practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions, and paying attention to detail. They divide a word into appropriate fractional parts and use equivalent fractions to correctly divide words.
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Mars Fraction Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions, and paying attention to detail. They divide words into fractional parts. This is a fun way for kids to work with fractions.
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Decimals: Tenths

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students convert the fractions to decimals. They also practice converting decimals into fractions or mixed numbers.
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China: Dim Sum: A Mars Bar Fraction Hunt Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions and paying attention to detail.
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Decimals: Hundredths

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students find the values of the fractions and convert them to decimals. They also change decimals into fractions.
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Playing With Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate probability. They use ratios to solve simple probability situations. Students express their solutions in the form of fractions or decimals. They predict outcomes and complete probability worksheets.
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Mixing Colours

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore ratios and their relationships to fractions. They explain the process of identifying ratios and describe their comparison. Students write ratios as fractions and by using colons. They convert the ratios to...