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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Vcr

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource presents an interesting challenge for the serious mathematician with strong reasoning skills. Explore proportional reasoning, probabilities, fractions, and ratios in this challenge to figure out if you always get six hours...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Teachers: Celebrate the 100th Day of School!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Scholastic has put together 100th day math ideas from several different teachers. Includes "zero, my hero", probability, sorting, measuring, estimating, counting, weighing, money, and other ideas for celebrating the 100th day.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Survey Skills: Assessment

For Teachers 1st Standards
Today we become Gallup Poll central as students take a set of collected data and create a visual representation using the skills that have been taught over the past few lessons.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Our Own Surveys

For Teachers 1st Standards
Operation Independence! Students will now take what they have learned from previous data lessons and put it into action. The students will work in pairs of two to decide on a survey question and then collects classmates' responses to...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit Assessment

For Teachers 1st Standards
Survey says? That is the question today, as students work on three different tasks to assess the how they are doing with the skills from the current unit.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Back to the Planet of Vuv

For Students 3rd - 8th
You will probably need to make a list to solve the challenge at this one page website.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Six Is the Sum

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
You will probably want to make a list to figure out the solution to this problem. There are teacher notes and the solution right at this one page website.
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Quincunx

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Teacher-created activity that allows students to experiment with a quincunx.
Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Listing Possible Outcomes From a Single Event

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Students learn about the concept of outcomes by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
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BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Percent and Fractions: Ratio and Proportion

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Activities and factsheets exploring ratios and proportions in everyday life. Interactive, colorful, and fun.
Lesson Plan
Microsoft

Microsoft Education Lesson Plan: Candy Is Dandy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated lesson plan that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Which Spinner Is Fair?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Decide which spinner is fair for each of the probability examples presented. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you are told the...
Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Tricky Track Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The directions on this site are for an interesting, two-player dice game named Tricky Track. Grab a partner and play. Do your results surprise you?
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Identify the Outcomes 2

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice predicting what the outcome would be in each of the probability examples presented. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you...
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Multiplication: Fish Shop

For Students 2nd - 4th
What probability does Pythagoras have to catch a red fish? This game is a great way to learn your multiplication facts and have fun at same time
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it fair or not fair? That is the question. Try this math challenge where you use your probability and number sense skills to determine whether or not a game is fair. Find out how mastering this challenge can be useful in real life...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Radar Bills

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you seen a radar bill lately? Explore number patterns, number combinations, and probability in this math challenge that examines serial numbers on U.S. bills. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Pigeonhole Principle

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is the possibility that another student in your school will have your exact same initials? Try this math challenge using logical reasoning and the "Pigeonhole principle," to discover how this could actually happen. An engaging...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Squares Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from "Cyberchase", the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares. Uses popups, two minutes and 13 seconds.
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The Math League

The Math League: Percent and Probability: What Is a Percent?

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This site defines a percent, explains it as a fraction and decimal, and shows how to estimate a percentage.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hacker's Four Zergen Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares.
Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Do You Measure Up?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game gives you a variety of measuring tools and measuring opportunity. For this game of chance you choose the correct tool for the job that needs to be measured. Everything you need for this game is listed and/or...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Trick or Treat

For Students 3rd - 5th
On this one page website sharpen your logic, graphing and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Making a Stem and Leaf Plot

For Students 3rd - 8th
A line plot may not be a useful graph for investigating variation so we must come up with a new representation based on groups of data. Construct a stem and leaf plot from a set of 26 data values.

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