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Rounding Out

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders round numbers between 0 and 1000 to the nearest 10 and to the nearest 100.
Worksheet
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Whole Numbers: Rounding

For Students 4th - 5th
In this whole numbers worksheet, students round 6 numbers to the nearest: thousand, hundred and ten. All numbers go to the thousands place.
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EngageNY

Sampling Variability

For Teachers 7th Standards
Work it out — find the average time clients spend at a gym. Pupils use a table of random digits to collect a sample of times fitness buffs are working out. The scholars use their random sample to calculate an estimate of the mean of the...
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Solving Problems

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with need strategies for computation of money problems and estimating sums. In this computation lesson, 2nd graders solve real life problems to understand estimation and money problems.
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Why Guess When You Can Estimate

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
They apply various strategies in their estimations. They analyze the differences between guessing and estimating. They estimate the number of beans and jellybeans in egg cartons and jars respectively.
Worksheet
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Estimating the Product to a Multiplication Problem

For Students 6th - 8th
In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students round whole numbers to the nearest leading digit and then multiply to obtain an estimate of the product.  The one page instructional activity contains ten...
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Curated OER

How Close Can You Get? Estimating

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students work collaboratively to determine how many crackers are in a large container. They then view a video to see how often people use estimation in their jobs, and another video to watch students work on figuring out appropriate...
Interactive
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Estimating the Square- Root of Ten

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students estimate the square root. They rewrite the root as an exponential function and solve. They use the correct function notation. There are 10 questions.
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Telling Time as an Everyday Use of Numbers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
How can we estimate time? Have your young mathematicians make a clock. Then they compare and contrast types of clocks. They practice writing times in two different ways and make a book about telling time.
Lesson Plan
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Estimating Concrete Volume

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify rectangular volume calculations, and calculate using formula, concrete table, and calculator.
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Probability Games and Activities, Unit 10

For Students 4th - 6th
Looking for tangible ways to practice probability with your class? Through 4 activities, students practice with experimental probability, using math to make educated guesses, then testing it through physically completing the experiment....
Lesson Plan
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Estimation With Whole Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this elementary math worksheet, students find the answers to the 10 problems written in the multiple choice format in order to develop critical thinking skills.
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

European Explorers

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
To compare how the Spanish, French, and English approached the exploration of North America, class groups examine primary source documents and become experts on one of four explorers: Francisco Coronado, Robert LaSalle, Samuel de...
Worksheet
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Decimals and Percents

For Students 8th
In this decimals and percents activity, 8th graders solve 26 different types of problems that include expressing numbers as a decimal and a percent. Then they change each number to fractions and determine the unknown number for each...
Worksheet
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Estimating on a Number Line

For Students 4th - 5th
In this estimation and number lines worksheet, students look at and study 3 number lines and determine where the arrows are pointing on each line. Students then write that number right above each of the 12 arrows.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Estimation to Check Decimal Multiplication: Watering a Garden

For Students 6th Standards
Mathematicians solve six multiple-choice and true or false questions using their knowledge of estimation and multiplying decimals. The interactive provides a garden-themed tool that creates a visual aid of three watering cans to assist...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Add and Subtract Decimals with Front-End Estimation: Wooden Beams

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-question interactive tasks mathematicians to solve addition and subtraction problems using front-end estimation. Question types consist of multiple-choice and true or false. A set of wooden beams that can be measured using moveable...
Worksheet
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Year 6 Time Booster pg. 4

For Students 2nd - 3rd
The month of February is the focus of this calendar worksheet. Learners must look at the calendar and answer 4 word problems about the month of February. Interestingly, this particular February happens to be a leap year with 29 days!
Interactive
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Law of Cosines

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cosine worksheet, students will find the length of the third side of a triangle given the length of the other two side. Students will use the Law of Cosines to find the length of the missing side. Answers will be rounded to 3...
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Illustrative Mathematics

How Many Leaves on a Tree?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This is great go-to activity for those spring or fall days when the weather beckons your geometry class outside. Learners start with a small tree, devising strategies to accurately estimate the leaf count. They must then tackle the...
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In the Ballpark

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice estimation skills with the video series "Interactions: Real Math, Real Careers". They complete a hands-on activity for estimating large numbers.
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Math Mammoth

Review 1

For Students 3rd
In this mathematics worksheet, 3rd graders write the numbers for each problem. Then they write each in expanded form and the numbers from least to greatest. Students also estimate first by rounding the numbers to the nearest hundred.
Lesson Plan
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Playing with Remainders

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore how people handle remainders in real life. In this remainders math lesson, 5th graders participate in skits to show what to do with remainders. Students complete worksheets with word problems.
Worksheet
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Round Decimals to the Nearest Tenth

For Students 4th - 6th
Use this rounding decimals worksheet to have your charges round a set of 18 decimals numbers to the nearest tenth. Answers are included on page 2.

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