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Curated OER

Everyday Mathematics: Counting Up

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this counting up worksheet, students learn strategies to help them solve problems involving change. Students study a number grid and number line to help them count up to make change.
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Curated OER

Pocket Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover that the mathematics behind this question is a comparison of the rate at which adding a fixed number increases the total compared to continual doubling of a number. In fact no matter what whole numbers you start with,...
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MathMovesU

Negative Numbers Practice

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A collection of nine integer worksheets, middle schoolers practice computing the positive and negative values in a variety of problems. Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers are the skills conveyed in these resources.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Discounted Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Adolescents love to shop, especially when an item is discounted. Here, shoppers only have a set amount of money to spend. Will they be able to make a purchase with the discount and tax added in? Percent discounts can be calculated...
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Howard County Schools

Maria’s Quinceañera

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
How long will it take to save up for a car? Classmates use linear and exponential models to see how money received during a Quinceanera will grow over time.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Chicken and Steak, Variation 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Many organizations put on barbecues in order to make money. In a real-world math problem, the money allotted to purchase steak and chicken at this barbecue is only one hundred dollars. It is up to your potential chefs to figure out how...
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National Education Support Service

Division Note Cards

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders create note cards to divide multi-digit whole numbers by two-digit numbers and divide decimals that represent money by whole numbers in a simpler and faster fashion. They write the rules and examples of each on the cards...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Fundraising

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
In order to solve for who raised the most money, learners will need to choose an appropriate math strategy or tool to help them. Two possible solutions, one involving pictures and one involving abstract thought, are presented in the...
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Math Mammoth

Add & Subtract Integers Fact Sheet

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Guide young mathematicians through the crazy world of negative numbers with a handy reference document. Offering clear instructions for adding and subtracting positive and negative integers, this resource is a great way to...
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Charleston School District

Solving Systems with Elimination

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Can you handle one more method? It just might be your favorite! Building on the skills learned in the previous lessons in the series, scholars now learn the elimination method. The video examines problems of varying difficulty. 
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Curated OER

Popping Problems!

For Teachers 4th
Turn your math lesson into a carnival game with this fun, outdoor activity. After reviewing the concept your class will be practicing briefly, split your class up into teams and head outdoors. These teams work to solve math questions and...
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Curated OER

Add and Subtract Fractions with Like Denominators: 2 (Word Problems)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
For this fraction instructional activity, fourth and fifth graders solve six word problems, all having to do with adding or subtracting fractions with like denominators. This instructional activity can be adapted to the Common Core...
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Arizona Cooperative Extension

Geocaching

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Using GPS units, small groups participate in a scavenger hunt to find an object that you have hidden. They use coordinates for stopping points along a pre-planned path to get to the final cache. This is a terrific activity to include in...
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DK Publishing

Addition Practice #3

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
If you're in search of some basic addition drills, take a look at this for your second and third graders. There are 20 vertically aligned equations here, each with one three-digit addend and one...
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Curated OER

Measure for Measure: Anticipation Guide

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Be bold and never fearful! Tempt your scholars with an Anticipation Guide for Measure for Measure. Before reading Shakespeare’s problem play, class members label a series of statements as either true or false in their opinion. (It’s okay...
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Chymist

An Experiment in Alchemy: Copper to Silver to Gold

For Students 9th - 12th
Use chemistry to change pennies into gold coins! The experimental procedure leads learners through the process of changing copper pennies to silver and then to gold. They record the mass of each coin through every step of the experiment.
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Curated OER

Churches and Taxes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Churches have been tax-exempt since the founding of America, but should they be? Pupils ponder the question as they browse the website in preparation for a class debate or discussion. They research the history of tax-exemption for...
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Curated OER

Add the Pennies

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this adding money learning exercise, students add the pennies in each example. Students count the coins to solve the 12 penny amount problems.
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Curated OER

Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  In this economics lesson, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for their...
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Curated OER

How Much is Your Name Worth?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify the value of each coin type and then use a code to assign each letter of the alphabet to the value of the coins. They add coin combinations to determine the value of their name.
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Curated OER

Problems With Arithmetic

For Students 4th - 5th
In this money word problems worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which money is added and subtracted. Note: This is English pounds and pence.
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Curated OER

Pigs Will Be Pigs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice adding money after reading a story.  In this economics lesson, students read the book Pigs Will be Pigs by Amy Axelrod, and examine how decimals, dollar signs, and adding money is used when making a purchase....
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Curated OER

Coin Values

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coins worksheet, students find the values of coins and the totals of all the values added up together. Students complete 6 problems.
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Curated OER

Expand Your Math By Traveling Over the Chesapeake Bay!

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Chesapeake Bay worksheet, students read word problems and answer questions about years passed, and money spent on the two ways to drive over Chesapeake Bay. Students complete 5 problems.

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