Need more detail in showing your class how to solve two-step equations and proportions? This lesson plan outlines the steps young mathematicians need to solve simple equations and check their results. 

In this unique money scenario worksheet, students are told they are moving into a brand new four bedroom detached house and can spend as much as they like furnishing the house. Students make a list of the items and their cost of what...

Young scholars explore the concept of adding integers.  In this adding integers activity, students simulate the battle of the 300 spartans at Thermopylae.  Young scholars use colored game pieces to represent positive and...

Students apply number and operation skills to learn how to spend a gift certificate. In this mathematical reasoning instructional activity, students use base 10 blocks as money and calculate how much money they have.

Fifth graders read postcards and find their locations on maps. They use the pictures and text on the postcards to write about imaginary vacations. They compute the mileage and compare it to TripMaker data.

Students review basic operations and use them to solve word problems. In this word problems lesson, students review basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students then complete an...

Students access the Internet to find information on current hurricanes. They get locations, speeds, and air pressures and then plot the location of the hurricane on a hurricane-tracking map. They also access the FEMA website to solve...

Students are "given" $25.00 to spend at a restaurant. Using the Internet, they must "order" a complete 4 course meal while staying within their budget.

Students practice with a variety of simple equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Explanation is followed by each block of equations given to solve. They are set loose to complete additional equations for...

Learners 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.

Learners 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...

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

In this simple past tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form positive sentences in the given tense. Answers may be submitted online for review. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.

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

Explore how to add and subtract decimals with this interactive lesson. Then test your knowledge with a quick quiz.

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.

Practice solving word problems by adding or subtracting decimal numbers. 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.

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

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must solve word problems involving the subtraction of decimals. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [2:27] and a set of...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions on how to subtract decimal numbers using place-holding zeroes. [1:48]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions on how to subtract decimal numbers from the tens place to the thousandths decimal place. [0:47]

Fact Monster: Decimals is a learning module that focuses on digit placement. It also provides videos on how to add and subtract decimals and how to multiply and divide decimals.

This is a complete lesson with instruction and a variety of exercises, teaching how to add and subtract decimals with one decimal digit (tenths).