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Math Fact Card Games
Students play card games as a way to strengthen their math skills. In this math facts lesson, students play UNO multiplication, greater than and less then and multiplication war.
Mathed Up!
Inequalities
Develop an understanding of things that are not equal. The video demonstrates three types of questions involving inequalities as a review for the General Certificate of Secondary Education math assessment. Pupils work through the...
EngageNY
Recursive Challenge Problem—The Double and Add 5 Game
Math is all fun and games! Use a game strategy to introduce the concept of sequences and their recursive formulas. The activity emphasizes notation and vocabulary.
Illustrative Mathematics
Which Number is Greater? Which Number is Less? How do you Know?
When comparing groups of objects, it's easy for children to identify which has more, but it's not so easy for them to explain their reasoning. This simple whole-group activity provides multiple opportunities for learners to compare...
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Number Rods
Working in a math center or an "I finished early" work station, young mathematicians will match in sequence pre-set-up rods of unifix cubes to numbers on a number line. To help differentiate tens from ones, use different colors to...
Curated OER
Understanding Place Value #2
Review place value with three sets of problems. Second graders first identify the value of 5 in eight different numbers; they then circle the numbers with specified place value. Finally, they change certain digits of numbers and write...
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Comparisons
Explore number value with learners through playing cards. They examine sets of three cards, adding up the value and comparing it to another set of three. Learners write in which is greater than or is less than to show number value...
Concord Consortium
Acid Test
This isn't your typical basic lesson—it's more acidic! Learners use pH information to determine the hydroxide ion concentration of different substances and then use these values to analyze information. The calculations require...
Curated OER
Which Number is Greater?
In this number comparisons instructional activity, students study the pictures and check the ones and tens place for the numbers. Kids first fill in the missing parts and circle the number that is more. Students write in a greater or...
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Comparing Fractions and Equivalence
Which fraction is greater than? Less than? There are 10 problems here that give scholars a visual approach to comparing fractions. They start by writing the fractions represented in a shaded shape. Then, they begin comparing visual...
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Card Counting
In this place value worksheet, students follow the directions provided to play a math card game. Students play in pairs to play this game that involves determining the value of a digit depending on its place.
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Which Number is Greater?
Students draw pictures of two digit numbers to identify the greater value. In this math lesson, students plot two digit numbers on a number line and identify the greatest or lesser value. Students use the greater than and less than...
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Study Buddies: Using Front-End Estimation
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to estimate equations using front-end estimation. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
Mathematics Vision Project
Quadratic Equations
Through a variety of physical and theoretical situations, learners are led through the development of some of the deepest concepts in high school mathematics. Complex numbers, the fundamental theorem of algebra and rational exponents...
Willow Tree
Extremes, Range, and Quartiles
The middle of the data is important, but what about the rest of it? The lesson shows learners the importance of the range, quartiles, and extreme values. Pupils practice finding each of these values from given data sets.
Helping with Math
Using Integers
Given nine clues, investigators write down a positive or negative integer that represents the scenario. Then they compare pairs of integers and identify which is less or which is greater according to specified directions. This is a...
Visa
Making Spending Decisions
By role playing real-world experiences, such as purchasing snacks and grocery/toy store shopping, your youngsters will begin to develop an understanding of how to make decisions and choose between alternatives. This is the first activity...
Curated OER
Lots of Lakes: Greater Than, Less Than
To set up this activity, your class explores Minnesota's nickname as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and the back of the state quarter that features a Minnesota lake. Young mathematicians compare the number 1 to the number 10,000 with support...
Illustrative Mathematics
A Bobbie Bear's Buttons
Young mathematicians help Bobbie Bear pick colored buttons out of a box as they learn how to decompose numbers less than 10 into pairs of smaller numbers. To support students with the process, consider creating a worksheet or graphic...
Curated OER
Place Value: Calculator Work
In this place value instructional activity, students solve 15 various math operation questions. The first 5 questions ask students to figure out the operation, using a calculator, that changes one number to another. The next 5 questions...
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Student Exploration: Weight and Mass
In this student exploration-weight and mass instructional activity, student use the Weight and Mass Gizmo to answer questions and fill in charts with estimating and measuring.
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Is Your Order Up or Down?
Students practice ordering numbers. In this number sense lesson, students collaborate to order whole numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest. Students also practice the concept by using educational software.
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Guesstimate
Students estimate large quantities. They first practice estimating beans in a tub. They solve a large scale problem using one method of estimating they learned while watching the video, "Eddie Files".