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Counting Money and Making Change
Students count collections of coins and one-dollar bills. They solve problems and learn to use the dollar sign ($) with the decimal point to represent money amounts. This instructional activity is important as a foundation for future...
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That's Kind of Corny!
Students apply math skills to determining how much corn seed to plant in 100 acres. They compute the amount of weed killer needed and after totaling how many bushels per acre they harvest, they calculate their profits.
Shodor Education Foundation
Introduction to the Concept of Probability
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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Volume of a Rectangular Prism
Children use the length, width, and height of an object to calculate the volume of a rectangular prism. They observe how to multiply three numbers at a time, and define volume. Pupils observe as the teacher demonstrates how to determine...
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Mean and Standard Deviation
Get two activities with one lesson. The first lesson, is appropriate for grades 6-12 and takes about 20 minutes. It introduces the concept of measures of central tendency, primarily the mean, and discusses its uses as well as its...
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Students' Strides
Complete problems using base ten blocks to see the difference in the place value of a decimal and how it affects a number's value. Learners compare decimal values as well. Ample time for discussion and modeling are allowed in the...
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Anno's Magic Seeds
Read a tale for your class as they unravel patterns presented in the story using manipulatives. Pause to allow time for discussion and explanation of solutions throughout the story. They write equations or expressions with order of...
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Funerals and Burial Rites
Ninth graders research burial practices that originated in West Africa and then migrated to the South Carolina and Ohio. They compare and contrast burial practices in both places. As students collect information and data, they organize...
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Everyone's Playing Basketball
To foster number sense and build problem solving skills, pupils will work through a complex word problem. They will be asked to analyze the data given, solve the problem, then share their thinking process with the class. This activity...
Illustrative Mathematics
Comparing Products
How can 5th graders show understanding that 30 x 225 is half of 60 x 225 without completing the computation? They can use an area model and draw it out. An array, or an open array, is an area model that allows for young learners to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Downhill
A car traveling down a steep hill is the model for this resource. The confusion comes when the elevation, E, is given in terms of distance, d. The distance, d, is the horizontal distance from E. Therefore, the equation, E = 7500 – 250d,...
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You Can't Go Wrong with a Right Triangle 1
Fourth and fifth graders study the Pythagorean Theorem and apply it to find the missing side of a right triangle.
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Shopping the Sunday Circular
Pupils demonstrate an understanding of price-per-unit mathematics. In this computation lesson, learners accurately figure the unit price of grocery items. They create a chart and record the item, the price, the size and the cost per item.
Ohio Department of Education
Models for Dividing Fractions - Grade Six
Fifth and sixth graders use food and candy to help them represent division of fractions and develop algorithms to solve fraction problems. They discuss dividing whole numbers by fractions. Pupils use sticks and chocolate bars to...
PLS 3rd Learning
Complete Adjustment Column of a Worksheet
Accounting is a vital skill for personal finance management and when running a business. As part of a larger lesson, learners fill out the adjustments column of an accounting worksheet. They practice keeping records on a real budgeting...
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Coffee at Mom's Diner
What is the probability that a random customer at Mom's Diner will put both cream and sugar in his coffee? Use the addition rule to find out! Use this worksheet to assess understanding, for skills practice, or during a lesson.
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Addition with Three Arguments
In this addition practice learning exercise, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 1 and 2-digit numbers. Each problem has 3 addends.
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Addition for Nickels: Multiples of 5
For this addition practice worksheet, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 2-digit multiples of 5.
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Addition for Time: Multiples of 15
In this addition practice worksheet, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 2-digit multiples of 15.
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Addition Problems for Money
In this addition practice worksheet, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 2-digit numbers to 2-digit numbers.
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Simple Addition Using Tenths
In this addition with decimal tenths practice activity, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 2 or 3-digit decimal numbers.
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Two Plus One Digit Addition
In this addition practice worksheet, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 2-digit numbers to 1-digit numbers.
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Simple Addition Without Carrying 2
In this addition practice learning exercise, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 2-digit numbers to 1-digit numbers.
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Simple Addition Without Carrying 3
In this addition practice instructional activity, students practice their computation skills as they solve 40 problems that require them to add 2-digit numbers to 1-digit numbers.