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Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use fractions manipulatives to explore fractions.  In this fraction lesson, 3rd graders work in groups based on skill to increase understanding of fractions.  Students create fraction books.
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Comparing Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use the assistance of computers to explore reducing fractions. Using various internet activities, students experience comparing and ordering fractions. They develop methods to estimate the value of fractions.
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Marvelous Math -- Colorful Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students begin the lesson by discovering that a fraction is one part of a whole. In groups, they practice reducting larger fractions into small fractions and discovering they are equal. They use blocks to identify the relationship...
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Fractions

For Students 6th - 10th
For this fraction worksheet, students read through an explanation of fractions and complete 2 practice problems. They then solve 40 fraction questions on this worksheet. Students can find out whether their answer is correct or not by...
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Applying Fractions - Family Activity

For Students 6th - 8th
In this fractions worksheet, students solve 10 short answer problems. Students find items around their home and weigh them. Students convert units from one unit to another in the customary system.
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Equivalent Fraction Bingo

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a game of Fraction Bingo. In this fraction lesson, students review equivalent fractions and use these skills to play Fraction Bingo.
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Comparing and Ordering Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students compare and organize different fractions. In this fraction lesson, students use wax paper divided into squares to represent fractions. Students put them in different orders based on their value to complete their mathematics...
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Advanced Dividing Fractions

For Students 5th
In this advanced dividing fractions worksheet, 5th graders solve 5 dividing fractions problems with diagrams to create a pattern of solving this type of problem.
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Arithmetic: Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students recall word problems that involve place value along with conversion of decimals to fractions. Included are hundreds, tens, units, tenths, hundredths and thousandths. They independently work on a variety of equations converting...
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Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students connect different mathematical concepts. They create a circle graph. Students then create a question in which they collect data in order to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to percents.
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Equivalent Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read, "TheDoorbell Rang" by Pat Hutchins and relate this story to a time when they had to share something equally between friends or family members. They then complete a worksheet in which they represent sharing situations using...
Interactive
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Ratio Worksheets

For Students 5th - 8th
In this ratios worksheet, students complete the ratios of quantities of money, time, and measurements in the lowest terms. Students complete 8 problems total on this worksheet.
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Place Value: A Place for Apples

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore number values by completing math worksheets. In this place value lesson, 2nd graders identify the use of decimals in numbers and read a book about math called Apple Pigs. Students create number charts based on the...
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Solutions to Equations with Variables on Both Sides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve equations with variables on both sides. For this algebra lesson, students solve equations using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They graph their solution on a coordinate plane.
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Fraction Identification Worksheet

For Students 3rd
In this fraction identification worksheet, 3rd graders examine fraction arrays to determine which portion of the whole is identified in 10 examples. They work with halves in the next 14 examples by completing pictures, doing short word...
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Walking On The Number Line

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the concepts of expressions and equations while defining the similarities and differences. They explore the operations by using a number line and record answers while working with the teacher. Students play the game...
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Equal Parts

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this equal parts worksheet, learners, working with a partner, study, formulate and calculate the answers to six word problems or drawings.
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Jelly Beans for Sale

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students connect literature (story Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan) to math concepts. In these estimating and money lessons, students work with jelly beans, unifix cubes, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, to estimate and make...
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Is Bigger Always Better?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore rational numbers with the young mathematicians in your class. They will investigate decimals, fractions, and percents before ordering and comparing rational numbers. This multi-day unit includes differentiation activities and...
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Get My Point!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Here is one of the better lessons I've come across on how to teach fractions and decimals. This lesson does a great job of showing how these two mathematical representations of numbers are interrelated. Some excellent websites, printable...
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Family Activity - Color by Numbers: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Students 6th - 8th
Learners solve four short answer problems. They determine the number of each color of candy or paper clip in a bag, and calculate the fractional, decimal, and percentage representation of the color compared to the total number of items.
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Factors and Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Find the greatest common factor of numbers. Learners review prime and composite numbers and how to find the prime factorization of a number. They also review the greatest common factor, least common multiple, and learn new ways to find...
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Completing the Square (part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Give classes confidence in completing the square with a resource that develops the process of completing the square of more complex problems, including fractions and values greater than one. It then uses quadratic modeling for...
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College Costs 2

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
What is the financial benefit for attending a community college for the first two years before transferring to a four-year college? The second part of the educational lesson asks young scholars to explore this question through data...