CCSS Math Activities
Sandwich Shop
Eat up the task on systems of equations. Given information on the total number of sandwiches and the total income, learners write and solve a linear system of equations to find the number of each type of sandwich sold at a shop. They...
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Shape Sandwich
Students create sandwiches with an adult. In this shapes lesson, students are familiarized with shapes while making their sandwich.
CK-12 Foundation
Basic Counting Rules: Sandwich Shop
Young mathematicians make a tree diagram of all possibilities for sandwiches using an interactive. They learn how multiplication speeds up the process of finding the number of outcomes.
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Read and Make a Bar Graph
In this bar graph learning exercise, learners learn how to read bar graphs by using the information in each word problem and making bar graphs with the information to help solve the problems.
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How Do You Like Your Sandwich? --class Bar Graph
In this math worksheet, students participate in a group bar graph activity. Students survey their classmates on favorite sandwich choices: peanut butter and jelly, grilled cheese or meat. Results are plotted on a bar graph.
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Bar Graph
In this bar graph worksheet, students answer short answer questions about a bar graph of student's favorite sandwich fillings. Students complete 5 questions.
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A Sandwich Solution
In this solving a subtraction word problem worksheet, students read the problem, draw a picture, write an equation, and create a similar story problem. Students answer four questions.
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Sandwiches
Students are introduced to the problem by thinking of all the ways 2 of their classmates could share a peanut butter sandwich. In pairs, students work describing their ideas. They then keep a record of all the different ways they find...
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Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations
In the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, some tiny creatures show just how quickly natural selection can turn a mutation into an advantageous adaptation. Watch a video about rock pocket mice, who show that one small change can make all...
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Halves and Fourths
Young mathematicians may not love fractions, but do they love sandwiches? How about cake? Use this visual fractions activity to represent fractions in a relatable way. Scholars start by coloring segmented shapes to indicate halves and...
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Patterns Relationship
In this patterns learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions about patterns containing one to four digit numbers. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Hamburger Collage
Students review shapes and their cutting skills by making a hamburger collage. In this shapes lesson plan, students identify shapes that make up the food in a hamburger, cut out the food from construction paper, and create a collage out...
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Making Cents of Density
Middle schoolers utilize their knowledge of the physical properties of matter such as mass, volume, and density to solve a problem. They utilize the scientific method to solve a problem. Pupils analyze their data to determine whether...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Equivalent Fractions
Submarine sandwiches not only taste good, they also make for great math models. Follow along as Zoe explains how to calculate equivalent fractions, while cutting up a sandwich for herself and her friend. She demonstrates the process...
Learn NC
Peanut Butter and Jelly and Order of Operations
Study order of operations using a peanut butter and jelly sandwich activity as your guide. The class watches you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich based on a volunteer's instructions. They discuss the importance of following...
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Fractions Equal to One
Make learning fractions easy for your second and third graders! They refer to a picture of a sandwich cut in thirds to remember that all three pieces put together is one whole. Then they color in different horizontal bars to illustrate...
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Shaking Up Ice Cream
Upper graders use a variety of tools to measure liquid and solid ingredients in an ice cream making recipe. Following written and oral directions and accurately timing themselves forms the basis of this lesson.
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Third Grade Fraction/Promethean Flip Chart
While just a simple exploration of fractions, this lesson comes with resources to make it a richer experience. Third graders identify fractions, complete worksheets, and use KidPix to make their own fraction pizzas.
Virginia Department of Education
The Real Meal Deal
Burgers and salads and sodas, oh my! Scholars use a menu to investigate the Fundamental Counting Principle. They create tree diagrams to illustrate the number of possible choices for each given scenario.
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The Subway Advertisement Problem
In this algebra worksheet, students calculate how many times a week you can eat at Subway without having the same sandwich twice. They use algebra to get to their answer. There is an answer key.
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Basic Counting Principle
Students find the number of possible arrangements of several objects by using the Basic Counting Principle. In this math lesson, students divide into groups and determine the number of possible sandwiches which can be made given certain...
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Toothpicks, Gumdrops, and Polyhedrons
Sixth graders use toothpicks and gumdrops to make prisms and pyramids. This helps them explore the relationship betweeen faces, vertices, and edges.
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Use Logical Reasoning
For this logical reasoning worksheet, 4th graders read a paragraph about what three students are brought for lunch before determining what each student eats through logical reasoning. They record what they understand, make a plan, fill...
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Coin Count & Classification
Students make a prediction about how 100 pennies sort by decade or year and then test their predictions. They organize their data using a graph that is imbedded in this lesson.