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Math Playground: How Do You Find the Sale Price?

5th - 7th Standards
This video illustrates how to calculate the sale price of an item given the discount percentage.
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Math Playground: How Do You Find a Fraction of a Group?

4th - 6th Standards
This video illustrates how to calculate a fraction of a group of items.
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Math Playground: Changing Fractions and Decimals to Percentages

5th - 7th
This video illustrates how to convert fractions and decimals into percentages.
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Math Playground: Dividing Decimals by Powers of Ten

4th - 6th Standards
This video illustrates how to divide decimals by numbers that are a power of ten.
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Math Playground: How Do You Find the Area of a Triangle?

3rd - 5th
This video [3:54] illustrates how to calculate the area of a triangle and explains the logic behind the formula.
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Math Playground: Can Shapes With the Same Area Have Different Perimeters?

3rd - 5th Standards
This video answers the question about the relationship between area and perimeter. Can shapes with the same area have different perimeters?
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Math Playground: Can a Set of Data Have More Than One Mode?

4th - 6th
This video first defines mean, median and mode. It then answers the question can a set of data have more than one mode.
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Math Playground: Can You Explain the Metric System?

4th - 6th Standards
This video explains the metric system by defining the units of measure and how they relate to each other.
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Math Playground: How Do You Solve a Variable Equation?

6th - 8th Standards
This video demonstrates how to solve simple equations with one variable. The instructor shows an example for each of the basic operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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Math Playground: What Is a Quotient?

3rd - 5th Standards
This video identifies and explains the quotient, dividend and divisor in a division problem.
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Math Playground: How Many Milliseconds Are in One Day

3rd - 5th
This video demonstrates how to convert units of time, and specifically answers the question how many milliseconds are in one day.
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Math Playground: Calculating a New Average

3rd - 5th
This video describes how to calculate a new average given the old average, the number of data items, and a new data item.
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Math Playground: How to Solve a Greatest Common Factor Word Problem

4th - 6th Standards
This video demonstrates how to use the greatest common factor (GCF) to solve a word problem.
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Math Playground: How Do You Calculate the Tip?

5th - 7th
This video demonstrates how to calculate the value of the tip for a meal at a restaurant.
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Math Playground: Bar Graphs

1st - 3rd Standards
A video explaining how to construct and read a bar graph. [3:50]