Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Estimating Sums and Differences

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students learn to estimate sums and differences by completing step by step exercises. There is one word problem which is the example, and then students can choose from other estimation activities to do with a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Estimating and Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the concepts of estimating and rounding. In this estimating and rounding instructional activity, students play a game of tic-tac-toe. Students pick items and must estimate their cost by rounding. Students estimate the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Round Each Number to the Nearest Ten

For Students 2nd
In this problem solving worksheet, 2nd graders practice rounding off 15 2 and 3 digit whole numbers to the nearest ten. Students write their answers on the lines provided.
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Hand Span Measures

For Students 2nd Standards
How long is your hand span? Young mathematicians measure their hand span from pinky tip to thumb tip using a centimeter ruler. After rounding to the nearest whole centimeter, learners plot their data on a line plot.
Activity
Teach Engineering

About Accuracy and Approximation

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
How accurate are robots? Groups draw lines by moving robots backwards and forwards by one rotation of the wheels. Using the appropriate formula, they determine the percent error in the length of the lines in relation to the calculated...
Handout
Charleston School District

Evaluation of Roots

For Students 8th Standards
You mean the square root of five and five don't have the same value? Learners estimate the value of irrational roots. As they practice estimating the value, they increase their understanding of roots. The lesson is the fourth in a series...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring Volume/Capacity Using the Metric System

For Teachers 5th
There is more than one way to measure an amount, as learners discover by applying multiple measurement tools in these activities. Centimeter cubes, cylinders, beakers, and measuring cups are used to find the volume of regular and...
Lesson Plan
Indiana Science

How Many E’s?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Seventh graders explore random sampling by estimating the number of e's on the newspaper. They explain the possible error sources for this type of sampling, and compare the accuracy of sampling a small and large population. This is a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rounding to the Tens Place

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice rounding to the nearest hundred and tens place. In this rounding lesson plan, 1st graders watch a video on and discuss the process of rounding to the nearest hundreds place with the teacher's guidance. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fourth Grade Mathematics Test

For Students 4th
In this math activity, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions about multiplication, fractions, rounding, and more. Students complete 29 questions.
Activity
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Baylor College

Food: The Math Link

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Enrich your study of food science with with these math worksheets. They offer a variety of food-related word problems that are great practice for multiplying, identifying fractions, estimating length, and performing calculations...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Estimating Quotients

For Students 4th
In this estimating quotients worksheet, 4th graders estimate the quotient in 12 math problems and write the numbers they used on the lines provided.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Round 4-Digit Numbers

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this rounding numbers practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to round 4-digit numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In A Heartbeat

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss scatter plots then create a class scatter plot using their heart rate at rest and their heart rate after a few minutes of aerobic exercises. Students copy the points plotted as a class and create individual graphs...
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Upper and Lower Bounds

For Students 8th - 10th
Investigate how rounding affects values. Individuals watch a video about how to find the highest and lowest possible numbers that result in a given value when rounded to a certain place value. They finish by completing a learning...
Worksheet
Alberta Learning

Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Evaluate young mathematicians' understanding of area and perimeter with this series of three assessment tasks. Challenging students to not only calculate the area and perimeter of irregular shapes, but to explain in writing their...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Cat Food

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Determine the right mix of cans of cat food. The resource consists of an assessment task to determine the cost to feed two cats for a specific number of days and requires scholars to interpret remainders within a context....
Activity
Curated OER

Water Down the Drain

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Did you know that leaky faucets waste $10 million worth of water? Conservationists perform an experiment and draw best-fit lines to explore how the US Geological Society determined this value.
PPT
BW Walch

Creating Linear Inequalities in One Variable

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Just when a young mathematician starts to feel comfortable turning word problems into linear equations, shake things up and throw inequalities in the mix. This excellent, instructive presentation takes the steps for solving an...
Assessment
Charleston School District

Pre-Test Unit 7: Real Numbers

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Don't be irrational! Use this pre-test to assess your classes' ability to work with all types of real numbers. The lesson asks learners to estimate value, evaluate roots, and order numbers. This begins a series of lessons on the real...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Decimals and Place Value

For Students 5th - 6th
Learners can practice sorting and rounding decimals in this review activity, which features several examples of each skill as well as twenty-two practice exercises. This instructional activity will also work well in an electronic format,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Estimating Pi as a Length

For Students Higher Ed
In this pi learning exercise, students evaluate the curve of a quarter of a circle. They analyze the length of the curve, and explain that if the area under the curve is equal to pi, the length of the curve above is also equal to pi....
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Understanding Variability When Estimating a Population Proportion

For Teachers 7th Standards
Estimate the proportion in a population using sampling. The 20th installment in a series of 25 introduces how to determine proportions of categorical data within a population. Groups take random samples from a bag of cubes to determine...
Activity
Houston Area Calculus Teachers

Area and Volume

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
An AP calculus lesson begins with an activity to determine the volume of a solid using a cross-section. Next, learners review the ways to find the area between two curves , as well how to find the volume of a solid created...