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Number: Rounding Off and Approximating
Young mathematicians access a website that leads them through three activities that enable them to practice their rounding and estimation skills when it comes to numbers and math word problems. There is also a very good worksheet...
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Math Mania
Fifth graders review adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of fractions and decimals through a variety of activities and exercises.
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Teaching Students Mathematical Reasoning Skills
Students can build upon their basic math skills and become higher order thinkers when we encourage the following principles.
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Lesson 3: Number Sense
Learners solve word problems using number sense. They convert fractions to decimals and mixed numbers. Pupils determine if a given fraction is greater or less than another fraction, and order numbers on a number line.
PBS
Working with Common Denominators: Assessments
Now that the practice is over, see if young mathematicians can utilize their new skills on finding common denominators and adding fractions. The assessment contains one map challenge and follows with skills practice.
Bowland
Explorers – Patrol Services
Far out — plan a trip to space! Aspiring mathematicians steer a space vehicle through an asteroid field, calculate currency exchanges to buy provisions, and determine placement of charges to blow up asteroids. Along the way, they learn...
Common Core, Inc.
Multi-Digit Whole Number Subtraction
A thorough exploration into subtracting multi-digit numbers, this series of lessons is an excellent way to guide learners of any skill level. With a step-by-step lesson plan and straightforward assessment tools, kids are sure to...
Bowland
Mystery Tours – Plan Your Tour
Everyone loves a vacation and a set of three activities has groups planning a tour of the U.K. using given distance, time, and price data. They solve a variety of problems related to the trip and produce a report on the success of...
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It Has Been Rubbish For Years
Students are presented with the problems of percentages and focus upon numbers in contrast to 100. They calculate problems with money and are engaged with the use of games as a teaching tool. Students also interpret data as presented in...
California Education Partners
John's Trip Disneyland
It all adds up to one. Pupils solve several items that involve finding sums of fractions in relationship to a whole. The assessment task uses fractions with unlike denominators to determine the amount of a tank of gas and the amount of...
Alberta Learning
Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes
Evaluate young mathematicians' understanding of area and perimeter with this series of three assessment tasks. Challenging students to not only calculate the area and perimeter of irregular shapes, but to explain in writing their...
Achieve
Corn and Oats
How much land does a parcel hold? How much fertilizer does it take for a field of corn? Pupils answer these questions and more as they apply ratio reasoning and unit analysis.
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Subtraction Worksheet: Numbers to 19
In this subtraction worksheet, students solve 36 problems in which numbers below 20 are subtracted. The minuend has two digits and the subtrahend has only one.
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How Many Under the Shell?
Children discover basic addition and subtraction facts. They play an online game in which they practice addition and subtraction facts. This could be a perfect computer lab activity for your students to engage in.
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Counting Back and Counting On
Read aloud your choice of books about counting on and counting back (a list is provided, or tell stories of your own). Your learners will write horizontal equations to portray what happens in the story. They build a paper chain and...
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Basketball: Number Sense
Third graders explore their addition and subtraction skills. For this number sense lesson, 3rd graders analyze different scoring possibilities for a basketball game. This lesson incorporates the use a video titled "Blossom and...
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Save Your Change
Students solve problems involving exponential, logarithmic, and scientific notations. Using calculators, students explore investment problems. They use a formula and logarithms to determine the years to earn a particular income, figure...
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What is Less 1-10
For this group counting worksheet, students count each group and cross out items to make less. Students work towards counting backwards as a strategy to mentally compute "less."
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Block It: Using a Manipulative to Solve Math Problems
Learners practice using visuals to solve math problems. In this math manipulative lesson, students utilize pattern blocks to participate in a class game in which geometric shapes touch other player's pieces. Learners gain points based on...
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Computer Passwords
Students determine an appropriate numerical representation of a problem situation, including roots and powers. They determine an appropriate number of digits to represent an outcome. Pupils are asked to determine how many years it...
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Calculator Spelling
Sixth graders practice creating and solving number sentences on a calculator. They interact with number facts, their properties, algorithms and estimation. Each student recognizes inverse relationships of addition, subtraction,...
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Number in Geometry
Learners use a number line to assist with their additions. They use a calculator to check for factors. Students are taught factors and multiples. They use array model of multiplication to define meaning. Learners develop a wide range of...
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The Take-Awar Bar 1
Students use an Internet tool, "The Take-Away Bar" to solve subtraction problems by breaking them into parts. They write and solve comparison problems. Students make sensible estimates and check the reasonableness of answers. They use...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students explore fact families. In this math lesson, students use links to model a fact family. Students solve addition and subtraction problems.