High schoolers explore Literal Equations. In this literal equations instructional activity, students use the Internet to connect to links and solve linear equations. High schoolers investigate, analyze and record their findings on...

Students explore the National Road to Indiana. In this U.S. highway history and primary source research instructional activity, students read an original journal written by Jane Voorhees Lewis in 1806 describing her trip west on the...

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...

Students explore the concept of solving two-step equations. In this solving two-step equations lesson plan, students watch a short video about solving equations. Students view a PowerPoint presentation about solving two-step equations....

Students find a recipe for pancakes on the web then figure out how to half the recipe then figure how to make 3/4 of the pancakes.

Students set up a classroom currency exchange and explore the idea of bartering to get what they want. They create a monetary unit that is based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit, and compare this system to the U.S. monetary...

Fourth graders use critical thinking skills in order to plan a meal for a family of four. They integrate the knowledge of the Food Pyramid in order to make the meal acceptable. Students use a budget and then create a list for shopping...

Pupils compute minimum velocity, using square roots.

Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.

Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.

Sixth graders fluently add and subtract money with decimals using the standard algorithm.

Download these worksheets to sharpen your skills working with decimals. Sheets focus on rounding decimals, expanded form, comparing decimals, converting decimals, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals, and order of...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of adding and subtracting decimals. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...

If you are looking for a website that explains and defines subtraction with decimals you have arrived at an excellent resource. There are even practice problems at the very end of the lesson.

Assess progress in calculating with decimals.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This mathematics resource is a video demonstrating addition with decimals to the thousandths place, followed by practice problems adding numbers with digits in the...

Carlos wants to learn about calculating with decimals before his soccer practice starts. See if you can help!

Student practice over estimating with subtracting decimals.

More challenging subtraction problems with whole numbers, tenths, and hundredths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

This Jeopardy game challenges students to add, subtract, and multiply decimals. Play with up to 10 teams.

Find a quick, concise explanation of how to add and subtract decimals. Step by step examples are included to help you understand how to line up the decimals points and then find the sum or difference.

This site provides students practice with the concept of adding and subtracting decimals. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.

This resource allows users to practice mathematical functions with fractions and decimals.

This resource contains several links that lead to discussions on several topics of decimals, including converting and comparing with fractions, rounding, estimating, and basic operations. Each page includes examples and some sample...