Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number Crunching! Number Munching!
In this activity, students comprehend the order of operations and apply this understanding to simplify and evaluate expressions. They also learn to represent problems that involve variable quantities with expressions and use the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: What's Your Address?
In this activity, students use the number 4 and the order of operations to find combinations that will result in numbers 1 to 10.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Evaluating Simple Expressions
This set of questions involves placement of parentheses, evaluating and simplifying expressions, and order of operations. The problems are multiple choice and true/false; solutions are included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Linear Equations and Y Intercepts
These questions measure knowledge and skills: order of operations; solving equations in one variable; graphing linear equations; writing linear expressions and equations; finding the y-intercept of a linear function.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number and Operation Sense: Rational Numbers
Students learn to use the calculator to collect a set of data in order to identify patterns that illustrate important rational number concepts: the relationship between rational numbers and division, and equivalent fraction and decimal...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Arrow an Activiaty for Plotting Points
Students are given points to plot in activity center. The points will form an arrow. The teacher can then direct students to change the coordinates to translate the picture. Students practice plotting points, integer operations, and see...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Favorite Number
The activity allows students to review many of the number theory concepts. Students will pick a composite number write verbal expressions about the number, find the factors, prime factorization, list multiples, draw a cartoon character...
Other
Mathpower: Math Fundamental Assignments
Math variety of concepts, this colorful website is sure to give your students the chance show what they know. Concepts covered include rounding, division with decimals, order of operations, ratio, percent, multiplication, and division of...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Smile Mathematics App
This App contains five games that reinforce skills from the number and operations, geometry, and measurement standards. These games help students build skills in ordering numbers, choosing equivalent fractions, estimating and drawing...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Imaginary Numbers? What Do You Mean Imaginary?
Is it any wonder that students are suspicious? We lead, sometimes drag, them through Algebra I insisting they must follow the order of operations. We make them learn the "hard way" of doing an assignment one day only to show them the...
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa
Red Escolar: Arithmetica Obligada
In Spanish. In this activity you will learn how to use parentheses in arithmetic operations. Also practice arithmetic playing with three dice.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Translate Expressions With Parentheses
Activity provides questions that test understanding of how to translate expressions with parentheses. Immediate feedback is given and hints or a video are available if needed.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Medal Muddle
Can you work out which order these thirteen nations finished in after competing? This activity presents an exercise in strategic thinking, accessible to lower secondary students (but hinting at the more advanced mathematics of sorting...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Math Centers Sorting
In order to pull small groups during math instruction, the rest of the students need engaging activities that they can complete independently. These simple sorting activities help students learn the procedures for completing math centers.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Measuring Cups
This task could form part of a classroom activity where learners are encouraged to find as many different ways as possible to make different fractions such as 1/12 and then share their methods. While measuring cups would be helpful to...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Grouping and Grazing
Help the alien spaceship move cows into corrals by counting, adding, and subtracting. This activity helps children learn grouping, tally marks, and place value.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: The Meaning of Decimals
This website from The Math Page explains and defines decimals.
The Math League
The Math League: Decimals, Whole Numbers and Exponents
This tutorial has definitions and examples of decimals, whole numbers, and exponents. In addition, a variety of topics are covered, such as comparing, multiplying and subtracting.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Grouping and Grazing
A game that reviews grouping in fives and tens, and adding and subtracting. The instuctions are clear and include a video of how to play.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Crossing Over 100
Second graders often become confused as they count from one decade to the next. In order to become fluent with operations in addition and subtraction, 2nd graders need to be able to move across decades. This lesson includes a detailed...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Criss Cross Quiz
Use this online game to improve your subtraction or addition skills while you play on a coordinate plane gameboard. Gain skills in two areas at the same time! This game can also be altered to practice multiplication facts. There is a...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Place Value Expanded Form
You'll find an explanation of place value in expanded form in this lesson. There is also an interesting game that helps to show place value.