Volume 6 in a workshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for teaching decimal numbers and concepts to students in grades 4 through 6. Includes sample learning activities.

Improve your estimation and rounding skills with these interactive games that are challenging and fun. Excellent skills practice for rounding, estimating sums and differences, and front-end estimation. Links to lesson plans, teacher...

Sharpen your logical thinking and see if you can figure out the strategy to get to the target number before the computer.

Do you know how long it takes your heart to beat 100 times? Test your estimation and number sense skills with this problem-solving challenge. A one-page activity taken from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families Collection. Hints and...

To make sense of numbers in the thousands, 2nd grade students need practice identifying place value positions and using place value strategies in numbers to 1,000.

Not everyone solves a problem in the same way. Reinforcing that different strategies can be used effectively is the goal of this lesson.

On this one page website sharpen your logic, prime numbers and square numbers skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...

Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...

Sharpen your logic and addition skills while working on this challenge. Solution.

Volume 5 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for teaching fractions to students in grades 4 through 6. Includes sample learning activities.

Review or learn the basics of single-digit subtraction in this concise lesson that has related vocabulary and strategies for solving subtraction problems. This lesson includes lots of examples and links for two interactive subtraction...

Get the facts on how to subtract more than two values in this short subtraction lesson. This lesson offers step-by-step examples, suggested strategies and shortcuts, and links to related interactive games. Both games are fast-paced and...

To win this strategic game you must lay the 21st brick. That is what makes this interactive game challenging. Play against the computer or a partner. Winners will have their names posted for the day.

At this site, math word problems are presented in an exciting and creative format. Students attempt to find solutions to hilarious situations using their mathematical skills. To do this they must solve various math problems in a certain...

On this one page website sharpen your logic and addition fact skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

On this one page website sharpen your logic, triangle properties, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

Use the shapes provided and figure out how they fit together to make a 3 X 3 cube at this one page website. The solution is readily available right at the website.

Your problem-solving skills are put to the test in this interactive word problem game on this site. Employ a variety of mathematical skills and strategies including logical reasoning and computation. Multiple choice problems created for...

On this one page website sharpen your logic, geometry, spatial thinking, and problem solving skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

Use your problem solving skills and move the dominoes around on the square so that each side has only eight dots. When you are finished you can check your answer against theirs right at this one page NRich website.

At this one page website you can sharpen your logic and counting skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

A math challenge where geometry, measurement, and problem solving meet. Explore the properties of three dimensional shapes when you discover how six friends can equally divide a nine inch square chocolate cake. A one page activity from...

This instructional activity drives home the idea that studying for math means practicing problems and reflecting on your strategies