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Math: Currency Exchange Rates

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders apply the division and multiplication of decimals to convert dollars to various international currencies. In a travel simulation activity, they convert money, distance, and temperatures. During their "trip," students...
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Math Mammoth

Scales Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this scales worksheet, students use addition, multiplication, and division to find out how much the shapes on the scales weigh. Students complete 8 problems total.
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BIG Pumpkins!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
How big is the biggest pumpkin you've ever seen? Did it weigh over a ton—literally? Young learners view pictures of some record-breaking pumpkins, including some that weighed over 1,300 pounds, before answering five word problems about...
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Sand Babies

For Teachers K - 5th
An engaging lesson which has elementary learners measure weight to the nearest pound and construct and interpret a bar graph! They measure length using non-standard units and determine area using square tiles. Pupils round their birth...
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Mathed Up!

Conversion Graphs

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
After watching a video on conversions, learners convert meters to feet, dollars to pounds, pounds to Euros, gallons to liters, and kilometers to miles. Then, they graph the conversion changes onto graph templates.
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Mixed Practice Word Problems #8

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Six questions make up a mixed practice worksheet. Scholars use their knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, money, perimeter, ounces, and pounds to solve word problems with numbers up to 66,000.
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Can a Mouse Lift an Elephant?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Read Just a Little Bit, by Ann Tompert as an introduction to levers. Discuss playground seesaws and then turn learners loose to experiment with the placement of a fulcrum. Their goal is to determine where to place it in order to lift ten...
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M&Ms Count and Crunch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice skills involving statistics and probability by making predictions on number of each color candy in one pound bag of M&Ms. They record both guesses and actual quantities, calculate percentages, and create bar graphs...
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Skills Workshop

Ratio, Scale, and Proportion

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Converting units is an excellent example of how math relates to our everyday tasks. The resource prompts mathematicians to use baking, cooking, and other daily activities to discover how to make larger quantities of each ratio or recipe.
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Money Place Value Chart

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this money learning exercise, students complete a chart showing the value of money and how the amount of money could be written in words. Five examples are given. Fifteen more numbers can be added. Money amounts are given in pounds.
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Adding Units of Measurement

For Students 7th
In this units of measurement worksheet, 7th graders solve 10 different problems that contain adding various forms of unit of measurement. They add days and minutes and days and hours. Then, students add pounds and ounces to pounds in...
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Addendum to the Written Curriculum: Measuring Solids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use standard rulers to measure the length of common classroom items - such as pencils, books, desk tops - in inches and centimeters, and measure weight in pounds. They also answer math questions, such as "How long is the front...
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Converting Currency - Level 2

For Students 5th - 8th
In this basic mathematics worksheet, students apply the exchange rate shown to convert various amounts into euros. They also apply the same exchange rate to convert various amount into Pounds. Finally, students solve three word problems...
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Imperial Units

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this imperial units worksheet, students read the definitions to the following list of imperial units: mile, pint, gallon, foot, inch and pound.
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The Classroom Desk Graph

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders choose the appropriate measuring tool by discussing a tool to measure contents in desks. They then use a scale to weigh contents in desks. Next, they study standard units of measurement by writing down the weight in...
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Customary Units of Weight Homework 13.7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this customary units of weight, students choose the unit that would be most appropriate to measure the weight of 11 objects- either ounces or pounds.
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Balanced Scales Enrichment 13.7

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this standard weights worksheet, students write a weight from the box on each pan of the scales so that the weights on each scale are equal and all the 8 scales are balanced. The equal weights will have ounces and pounds.
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Customary Units of Weight Reteach 13.7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this standard weights worksheet, students analyze 9 common objects and choose the most appropriate unit to weigh them-ounces or pounds.
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Decimals: Using a Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th
In this decimals using a calculator worksheet, students calculate the cost of twenty items needed for a party in pounds and pence.
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Pumpkins By the Pound

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Use pumpkins of various sizes to experiment with weight and perimeter. First the class lifts the pumpkins one by one, estimating each pumpkin's weight. They arrange the pumpkins from lightest to heaviest, and then string weigh each one...
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Shakespeare, the 900-pound Guerilla: or Performing Scenes for Unsuspecting Audiences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform a scene from Shakespeare for an unsuspecting audience in a public setting.  In this Shakespeare lesson, students create a Shakespearean "flash mob" or "guerilla theater" event.  Students choose a scene to produce and...
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BY THE POUND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will estimate the weight and cost of produce and calculate the actual price.Discuss the difference between weight and volume. Have young scholars discuss whether it is more economical to buy produce by the pound, by the piece...
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Flower Pounding

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create wall hangings from fresh flowers using a technique called flower pounding. Wall hangings can be used to create a classroom quilt as well. This is an activity that can be adapted for many grade levels.
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Multiplying English Measurements

For Students 6th - 7th
In this measurements worksheet, students solve 10 different problems that include multiplying various English measurements. First, they multiply feet and inches and determine the total amount. Then, students multiply pounds and ounces...

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