Illustrative Mathematics
Building toward fluency
Here is a great learning task that focuses on the development of areas in computational fluency including strategies in mental math. Young learners are guided through a list of addition expressions that help them visually understand the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Finding a 10% increase
A quick problem to test your mathematicians' knowledge on percent increase. Two different solutions are provided, mental math and computing. Ask your learners to include a description of what they did to supplement their answer.
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Casting Out Nines: A Math Computation Checking Strategy
It's a mathematician's dream come true. An easy trick for checking mathematical computations, without a calculator! Believe it or not, it works with all four operations.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Four Timed Mental Math (Page 2)
Improve your computations skills in all four operations with this timed interactive worksheet. Solve ten problems in five minutes or less. Problems are presented in horizontal format and answers can be checked immediately. This worksheet...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page 3)
Try to solve ten addition or subtraction problems in less than five minutes using this interactive worksheet. Immediate feedback is given. A suitable tool for use as a quick assessment.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page1)
Test your computation skills using this timed interactive worksheet. Five minutes is the time limit. Answers can be checked when finished. This short activity would be suitable for a quick assessment.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mad Minutes
This activity should help kids to perform quick computations using mental math, become less reliant on calculators for computation, and remember algorithms for common math problems by using repetition and practice.