In this vacation planning worksheet, students plan a vacation.  They determine the approximate cost of their vacation.  Students complete an itenrary and  graphic organizer to identify daily costs of the vacation. ...

Students create a map. In this direction and distance lesson, students come up with familiar places in the community and calculate the distances from these places to the school. Students create a map that displays these places and their...

Young scholars utilize computer programs to operate a simple robot.  In this technology lesson, students create robots using Lego pieces and simple motors to move them.  Young scholars measure the speed of the robots by running...

Learners estimate measurements in real world problem situations. In this estimation lesson, students read the book Pancakes, Pancakes and estimate how many cups equal a pint, quart, and gallon. Learners test their estimations by...

Eighth graders investigate properties of circles.  In this eight grade mathematics lesson, 8th graders apply proportional reasoning to data gathered with “Google Earth” to calculate equatorial and polar circumference of the...

Young scholars explore graphing. In this graphing lesson, students sort Skittles candies and use the color groups to create a bar graph. Rubrics and extension activities are provided.

Students estimate and calculate the sale price of five items using the original price and a designated rate of discount. They use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original.

Eighth graders explore the term capacity and understand the word's meaning. They participate in several lab stations set up around the room in which they will estimate how many scoops it will take to fill the container. They then will...

Students solve the area for parallelograms,squares, rectangles, trapezoids, and triangles. In this geometry lesson, students compare and contrast two dimensional shapes and apply their properties to solving real life scenarios. This is a...

An exercise in finding the approximate time that a name would be called at a graduation. Estimating time may be difficult for some of the class, so this resource would not be a good choice for learning this standard. It does end with a...

In this estimating quotients worksheet, students solve 20 different problems that include estimating a variety of quotients in each. They divide each whole number and then estimate the answer in each problem to the nearest whole number.

Students discuss basic structure of National Government in United Kingdom, explore electoral system of individual countries and European Union, and complete Government and Population worksheet to practice rounding, and calculating mean...

In this estimation activity, students estimate expenses of different items by solving word problems. Students estimate expenses for 5 problems.

Students identify the equation to represent a circle. In this algebra lesson, students review properties of conics and how they are related. they use a robot to create a visual of circles and their application to the real world.

In this rounding to the nearest ten learning exercise, learners read numbers and write the nearby tens in the box next to them. Students solve 20 problems.

In this science worksheet, students solve each of the word problems on speed machines using the formula given and rounding their answers to the nearest tenth. Students also fill in the boxes and use a calculator to determine how long it...

In this math activity, students examine the concept of floating point arithmetic. They compare the tools of chopping and rounding to measure accuracy.

Students solve division problems. In this division lesson, students review estimating and how to figure out if their estimate is too large or too small. Students solve division problems and use their estimating skills to adjust the...

In this estimation worksheet, students solve a total of 6 word problems that involve rounding to a given place value and estimating.

In this decimal estimation activity, students estimate a set of addition and subtraction problems, rounding to the nearest whole number, then place each problem in the box that contains its estimated sum or difference.

In this math learning exercise, students are assessed on their basic math skills. Included are questions on multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100, place value, basic word problems, rounding, estimating and comparing numbers.

In this Newton's Law of Cooling, students estimate rates of change and solve initial value problems. This six-page worksheet contains approximately 15 multi-step problems.

In this estimating or exact answers worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.

In this estimating quotients worksheet, students review how to estimate quotients using compatible numbers. Students then estimate the quotient for the division equations and tell what compatible numbers were used.