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Bowland

Explorers – Patrol Services

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Far out — plan a trip to space! Aspiring mathematicians steer a space vehicle through an asteroid field, calculate currency exchanges to buy provisions, and determine placement of charges to blow up asteroids. Along the way, they learn...
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Education Closet

West Side Shifts

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Combine math, language arts, music, and dance with an activity focused on "America" from West Side Story. After listening to the song, learners compare the film to Romeo and Juliet, analyze the song's meter, design choreography, plan...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Art Class, Assessment Variation

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Play with paint and decide the ratio to make different shades of green. When mixing paint colors, your painters should decide which ratios make the same shade and what is needed to mix other ratios for a different shade of green. This is...
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Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving Comparing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

For Students 6th
In this problem solving instructional activity, 6th graders solve 6 word problems in which they compare fractions and mixed numbers. They write the answers as improper fractions, determine which of the fractions is the greatest, who ran...
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Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving Comparing And Ordering Fractions

For Students 6th
In this fraction instructional activity, 6th graders compare and order fractions in order to solve 6 word problems. They work with problems that have like and unlike denominators.
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Curated OER

Compare and Order Fractions

For Students 4th
In this fraction instructional activity, 4th graders compare and order fractions with like and unlike denominators. They solve 6 word problems as they compare and order the fractions.
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Curated OER

Reduction to Common Denominator

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare two fractions with different denominators. In this fractions lesson, students find the least common multiple in order to find a common denominator with two fractions. Once they have a common denominator, they compare the...
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Curated OER

Compare Fractions

For Students 5th
In this fraction comparison worksheet, 5th graders compare the fraction equations that contain both like and unlike denominators. Students solve 15 problems.
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Curated OER

Compare Fractions

For Students 5th
In this fraction comparisons worksheet, 5th graders solve the 15 fraction comparison problems. Students solve fractions that contain like and unlike fractions as well as mixed numbers.
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Curated OER

Converting Decimals to Fractions (3 of 3)

For Students 4th - 6th
For this decimal conversion worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to convert 18 decimal numbers to fractions or mixed numbers in lowest terms.
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Curated OER

Decimals, Percents, and Fractions

For Students 7th
In this decimals, percents and fractions worksheet, 7th graders solve 10 different problems that include comparing and ordering various forms of numbers. First, they compare each value to determine which is greater. Then, students order...
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Curated OER

Application Problems with Fractions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this math worksheet, learners compare fractions from a chart. They simplify six fractions. Students tell the fraction of a day they spend doing various activities. Each fraction is simplified. Three problems are multiple choice problems.
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Silver Burdett Ginn

Study Buddies: Adding And Subtracting Fractions With Unlike Denominators

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th Standards
Pair up your math pals to teach each other about adding and subtracting uncommon denominator fractions! Step-by-step instructions are provided as well as five practice problems. 
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Curated OER

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice adding and subtracting fractions. In this addition lesson, 3rd graders use paper fraction kits made from colored construction paper and complete several fraction problems on the chalkboard.
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Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving: Ordering Fractions and Decimals

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ordering fractions and decimals practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Curated OER

Quiz: Exponents to Numbers and Compare Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th
In this exponent worksheet, students multiply fractions and decimal numbers according to the given power and identify the value as a standard number. The integers contain both negative and positive exponents. This one-page worksheet...
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Worksheets Plus

Compare Decimals and Fractions Worksheets

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Find here three printable math skills practice pages. The first simply asks learners to fill in the inequality signs for the comparison of two decimals. No number exceeds the hundreds place. Worksheet two compares fractions in tenths or...
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Curated OER

Interactive Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine the common denominator of two unlike fractions. They practice adding fractions and finding equivalent fractions of numbers. They compare and contrast different types of equations involving fractions and construct...
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Curated OER

All Kinds of Numbers

For Teachers 1st
Count and compare numbers and fractions using "greater than" and "less than." Learners count on by 2s and 10s and represent the end number with base ten blocks, counters, and cups. They use circle stickers to illustrate fractions and...
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Curated OER

Fraction City

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners calculate equivalent fractions, solve the addition of fractions of like and unlike denominators, and compare fractions using fraction strips. They fold paper strips into equal parts, thirds, sixths, ninths, and twelfths, and...
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Curated OER

Simplifying Before Multiplying

For Students 4th - 6th
Learners discover why they should simplify before multiplying fractions. They respond to 12 questions that require them to simplify fractions prior to multiplying them.
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Curated OER

The Fraction Kit Day 2

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Using the colored strips of paper they created on day one, learners explore dividing one item equally into three, five, six, nine, 10, and 12 servings. They use their number lines to illustrate what each fraction would look like. 
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Curated OER

Mat 0024 Section 1.4: Signed Numbers and Decimals

For Students 7th - 10th
This activity has a little of everything. Compare fractions, determine if numbers are less than, greater than, or equal to. Then practice lining up the decimals to add and subtract decimal numbers. Then multiply decimals remembering to...
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Curated OER

Connecting With Coordinates

For Teachers K - 2nd
Play a coordinates game to encourage collaborative learning and grid use! Learners plot points on grids and play a game that challenges them to locate a specific point on a coordinate grid by using horizontal and vertical movements.