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Fractions-Word Problems
Learners participate in completing a math worksheet of word problems that involve fractions. The worksheet is included in this lesson plan along with the answers to the word problems. The worksheet can be used as the assessment piece...
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How Can You Solve It?
In this math instructional activity, learners analyze 4 story problems which pertain to Halloween. Students choose the operation and equation to use from a list of 5 choices but do not actually solve the problems.
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Word Problems 5
In this subtraction word problems instructional activity, students read the word problems and use the provided space to solve the subtraction problems.
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Refraction B2—When is Light Reflected Internally?
Physics is phun in this instructional activity. Young physicists use a lightbox to test how and where light is refracted and reflected as it travels through transparent materials. Angles of incidence and refraction, sine of both...
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Find Factors of a Number
In this finding factors practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Metric Units of Capacity and Mass
In this metric worksheet, students solve a set of 6 word problems, problems use metric units of capacity and metric units of mass.
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Mini Muffin Mania
In this muffins worksheet, students complete different ways to show how to package the muffins in a grid. Students show 6 different ways.
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Steps Along The Way: Word Problems
In this word problem learning exercise, students complete a set of 5 problems, determining both hidden and extra information and showing their work to solve.
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Proportion Problems
In this proportions learning exercise, students complete proportion word problems including one and two digit numbers. Students complete 6 numbers.
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Number Tick Tack Toe:
Students practice basic addition and subtration facts to twelve and use thinking skills to win at tick tack toe.
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Regroup in Multiplication
In this regrouping in multiplication practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Problem Solving Strategy: Work Backward
In this problem solving challenge activity, students work backward to solve a set of 5 word problems. Answers are included on page 2.
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Problem solving
In this problem solving worksheet, learners use multiplication and ratio strategies to solve the problems. Students complete 6 problems.
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Price Lists
In this problem solving instructional activity, 4th graders analyze a table of prices for 6 specific kitchen items. Students answer 5 short answer questions associated with the 6 items in the table.
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Halloween Problem Solver
Looking for a way to challenge young trick-or-treaters? Fifth and sixth graders solve hard, harder, and hardest word problems about Halloween.
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How Many: A Trivia Worksheet
In this trivia worksheet, students will answer twenty trivia questions with a number. Each question asks about an amount of something.
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Halloween Word Problems
Young mathematicians are put to the test in a worksheet that requires them to help another school plan a Halloween party. By reading word problems, learners decide whether to multiply or divide in order to solve.
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Follow the Leaders
Students research the famous Alaskan Iditarod Dog Team Race. They read biographies of notable 'mushers', choose one of 70+ teams and track the daily mileage and location. They keep a journal to record their findings.
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Do We Need a Permanenet International Criminal Court?: War Crimes, Violence, International Law and Politics, Nuremberg
In this lesson, students explore the history, relevance and current application of international tribunals for war crimes. Students look at cases from the Nuremberg trials, Tokyo trials and the Bosnian War.
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Inflation: Taking Prices Higher
Students examine the definition of inflation and its impact through history. They read and discuss online text, discuss examples of inflation, calculate the prices of various items for different years using an inflation rate of 3%, and...
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An Archaeological Adventure in Athens
Learners review map skills and practice finding locations on a map. In groups, they create maps with mystery locations identified by hidden stick-on magnets. Other groups attempt to find the mystery locations and then check their work...
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Number facts
In this number facts worksheet, students determine the number associated with each of the twenty-five facts provided. Students then need to determine how the answers are related to each other. Answers are provided at the end...
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Volume and Surface Area
In this volume and surface area worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different word problems that include measuring various solids and cylinders. First, they determine the surface area of a cube and the edge of it. Then,...
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Solar Dynamics Observatory: Working with Giga, Tera, Peta and Exabytes
In this solar observatory worksheet, high schoolers read about the solar observation data that NASA will be collecting. Students solve 6 problems related to the collection of data using computers to store the solar data using gigabytes,...