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Find the Biggest Number
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students examine a series of one and two-digit numbers and then identify the largest numbers in the series. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Number Line Up
A simple counting activity to help your kindergartners count in sequence. Hand out number cards randomly (one to represent each child in your class) to each class member. Now ask the class to put themselves in sequential order beginning...
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Ordering Numbers
In this ordering activity, students write sets of number in order, from smallest to largest. All sets include 4 numbers, in the last problem numbers are written as word phrases.
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Big Number - 1
In this number comparisons worksheet, students arrange the numbers to make the largest three-digit number possible from the numbers 2, 9, 4, and 7. Students then explain how they know that is the largest number possible.
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Reading, Writing, and Ordering Numbers
Young scholars study place value. Students participate in place value and number relay games, write numbers in words, and discuss how numbers are read. As a class, they discuss the meaning of less than and grater than signs. Young...
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Isotopes
What better way is there to learn about isotopes than to play with them? Chemistry students manipulate the number of protons and neutrons in a hands-on activity. Individuals try to score the largest number of points by collecting the...
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Santa Pictures: Order From Smallest to Largest
In this smallest to largest activity, students put three pictures of Santa Claus in order from smallest to largest. Students may either number the pictures or cut them out and order them. There are 3 problems on the page.
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Biggest Number Problem
In this number problem worksheet, students identify the largest number less than a googol that has no "n" in its spelling. This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem. The answer is provided.
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Number Theory and Fractions Vocabulary Crossword
In this math crossword, students use a set of clues and 15 words about number theory and fractions to complete a crossword puzzle. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Number Theory and Fractions Vocabulary
In this fractions vocabulary worksheet, students match a set of 15 number theory and fraction vocabulary words with their definitions. Answers are included on page 2.
Illustrative Mathematics
Rounding to 50 or 500
In a six-problem learning activity, children are guided to solve word problems that involve rounding to the nearest ten and nearest hundred. A commentary and answer key provide different approaches that learners may take in solving the...
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Geometry and Measurement
Young geometers explore relationships between units of measure and objects. Three activities provide varied opportunities to practice. Learners calculate the volume of two cylinders made by rolling a piece of paper vertically and...
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Problem Solving
Give kids a few strategies to help them become amazing problem solvers. This presentation is intended to be used over a two-day period and presents several techniques or ways to solve word problems or multiplication problems by...
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Money
Which coins do you need? Scholars are faced with a challenge: using only three coins they must find the exact amount needed for six items. The coins are standard US currency and are pictured at the top, however their value is not listed....
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Scale Model of the Solar System
Young scientists gain a better understanding of space, the solar system and its vastness by creating a scale model. Students first need to calculate the distance between each of the nine planets according to the size of their scale. This...
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Equal Value
Which coins add up to these values? Young mathematicians examine five cent values, circling the coins needed to amount to them. Next, they compare money values in four sets of coins. First, learners add up each set to find the total...
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What’s the Smallest Thing You Know?
Elementary learners listen to a story, then sort objects from largest to smallest at six different stations around the classroom. Adaptable for a large range of age and ability groups.
Global Oneness Project
Living with Less Water
Did you know that California produces two thirds of the fruits and nuts consumed in the United States? That it produces almost one third of the vegetables? Did you know that scientists warn that California is facing the onset of a...
National Education Association
Read Across America Classroom Activity Guide
Celebrate the legendary Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a plethora of activities set to five stories—The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and Green Eggs and Ham. Activities include...
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Chapter 1: The Science of Biology
Provide young biologists with everything they need to excel in the study of lymphatics, the nervous system, hormones, cellular division, and more! Pupils utilize the workbook, complete with end-of-chapter assessment worksheets, to gain...
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Five and Ten Cent Coins
In this coins worksheet, students count the total for the five and ten cent coins in each problem. Students complete 3 sets of problems total.
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Counting One, Two, and Five-Cent Coins
In this European money instructional activity, students write the total amount in cents for one, two, and five cent coins. Students complete 9 problems total.
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My Test Book: Comparing Numbers and Number Order
In this math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to compare numbers and to put them in the correct order. Students may view the correct answers.
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The Three Gorges: Should Nature or Technology Reign?
Learners examine the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China. In this Three Gorges Dam lesson, students research Internet sources pertaining to the dam. Learners discuss the geography and culture of East China as they prepare for...