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Problem-Solving Application: Visual Thinking 17.5
In this visual thinking word problem worksheet, students use visual imagery to solve a word problem by writing the four steps for solving a word problem to discover how the object will look turned upside down. The students write four...
Math Stars
Math Stars: a Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 7
Put on your thinking caps because middle school math has never been more interesting in this huge resource full of thought provoking questions. Written as a newsletter, the resource has 10 two-page newsletters with a variety of...
Public Schools of North Carolina
Math Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 1
Keep the skills of your young mathematicians up-to-date with this series of newsletter worksheets. Offering a wide array of basic arithmetic, geometry, and problem solving exercises, this resource is a great way to develop the critical...
Math Stars
Math Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 6
Think, question, brainstorm, and make your way through a newsletter full of puzzles and word problems. The resource includes 10 different newsletters, all with interesting problems, to give class members an out-of-the box math experience.
Curated OER
Visual Patterns in Tessellations Worksheet
In this tessellations worksheet, students name 3 items that have tessellating patterns. Students then use the interactive tessellating program found at www.shodor.org to draw and answer 5 questions about their tessellations.
Curated OER
Problem-Solving Application: Visual Thinking
For this problem solving application worksheet, students use visual thinking and reasoning in order to help them go through 4 steps to solve a math word problem.
Curated OER
Peg a Path- Visual Thinking and Length Worksheet
In this visual thinking and length worksheet, 1st graders examine a pegboard path. They draw two different paths that are equal in length to 4 examples.
Resources for Educators
Fractions of Fun
Reinforce concepts and encourage learner engagement with a collection of math games, science experiments, and cross curricular activities. In one fun resource, learners sort objects, keep a diary of everyday fractions, play a game using...
Education Development Center
Geography of the Number Line
It's more than just numbers on a line, its an organizational, mental math machine to help learners understand the value of numbers. The tool is handy when introducing positive and negative integers to see their values and relationships....
Curated OER
Long May They Wave- Visual Thinking Enrichment Worksheet
In this visual thinking enrichment learning exercise, 1st graders examine 8 groups of three flags. They determine which groups match and write the letters as pairs.
Curated OER
Fractional T-Shirts- Visual Thinking Reteaching Worksheet
In this fractional t-shirts visual thinking worksheet, 4th graders read each problem to determine what fractional portion of a design should be colored in to be placed on a t-shirt. They complete 4 problems.
Curated OER
Multiplies of 9 #2
Reinforce the multiplying by nine as a number pattern. After completing sequences of the multiples of nine, pupils decipher a pattern in the entire nine times tables. Finally, they write down any patterns that they see. A great way to...
Ohio Department of Education
Writing and Comparing Numbers in Scientific Notation-Grade Eight
Explore scientific notation in this mathematics lesson. Young mathematicians explore multiple representations of large number in scientific notation through the use of models, visual representation and expanded form. The lesson provided...
Illustrative Mathematics
Sugar in Six Cans of Soda
Understanding how to multiply a whole number by a fraction is the key concept. Young mathematicians create a visual model of this real-world example and find the solution. Extensions are possible for making this an even richer activity....
Inside Mathematics
Rugs
The class braids irrational numbers, Pythagoras, and perimeter together. The mini-assessment requires scholars to use irrational numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem to find perimeters of rugs. The rugs are rectangular, triangular,...
Curated OER
Seeing Dots- Visual Thinking Enrichment Worksheet
In this seeing dots visual thinking enrichment worksheet, 2nd graders examine dot patterns before circling the rows that show the same number of dots. They draw 3 different dot patterns that show the number 24 using different groupings.
EngageNY
Percent of a Quantity
Visualize methods of finding percents. Classmates find a percent of a quantity using two methods including a visual model in the 26th lesson in a series of 29. By the end of the lesson, scholars find percents given a part and the whole...
Mathematics Assessment Project
Modeling Motion: Rolling Cups
Connect the size of a rolling cup to the size of circle it makes. Pupils view videos of cups of different sizes rolling in a circle. Using the videos and additional data, they attempt to determine a relationship between cup measurements...
Curated OER
Number Puzzles- Visual Thinking Addition and Subtraction Enrichment Worksheet
In this addition and subtraction number puzzle enrichment activity, 2nd graders search a number grid for 4 hidden addition and 5 hidden subtraction problems. They write the problems in the 9 boxes below the puzzle.
Illustrative Mathematics
Multiples of Nine
Which numbers are multiples of 9? Task class members to find the first ten multiples of 9 in a straightforward assessment activity.
Curated OER
Earth Moon Scaling
A wonderful lesson incorporating math and physics skills along with specific details about the planetary bodies. The cross-curricular approach makes for a valid activity to challenge multiple ages and abilities. Your class could work in...
Savvas Learning
A Picture Tells . . . Three Facts
Elementary schoolers evaluate a set of shapes in which some are shaded and some are not. They then write three multiplication sentences for each group of shapes that tells the number that are shaded, not shaded, and total. There are...
Charleston School District
Graphing Functions
How do letters and numbers create a picture? Scholars learn to create input/output tables to graph functions. They graph both linear and nonlinear functions by creating tables and plotting points.
Doing Maths
Insulating the House
Finding the area of a rectangle is the focus of this metric worksheet. Here, mathematicians use their knowledge of finding the area of a shape in meters to discover how much material can fit inside a shape.