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Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding Prime Factors

For Students 6th
In this finding prime factors worksheet, 6th graders read two strategies for finding prime factors, then practice using these methods by doing factor facts drills.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Escape

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students find strategies for investigating number problems. They find a common multiple of a group numbers. The teacher introduces the problem and students read and think about it. In groups, students discuss the problem and write...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Percents and Fractions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this percents and fraction activity, students read short story problems, write an equation, and determine the percent or fractional part of a given number. They use the work backwards strategy to determine the initial number. This...
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Deal Me In

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers study the components of a deck of cards and conduct an initial experiment in the probability of drawing various types of cards from a deck. They play two rounds of poker to discover the probability of drawing several...
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Worksheet
Math Stars

Math Stars: a Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 8

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
You've just hit the jackpot of integrating math problems and riddles with this jumbo-sized resource! Written as a newsletter, scroll through 35 pages of puzzles and quality problems to engage and encourage your learners to inquire and...
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Worksheet
Math Stars

Math Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 6

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
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. 
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Activity
Pedago Net

Acing Math

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Deal me in! Elementary and middle school classes will love this selection of math games, all involving a deck of cards. From fractions to exponents to rounding up and down, the games cover such a variety of skills that your classroom...
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Partial Quotient

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study what occurs in the division process, rather than just following prescribed steps. They expand number sense to include integers and perform operations with whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals. They write a word...
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"Mind Reader" Math Trick

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students perform a math-based card trick and explain the concepts behind the trick. They video tape classmates performing the trick. Finally, they write a paragraph explaining the trick.
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Let's Take a Trip!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders plan a trip for a family of four choosing their travel plan by studying maps to decide upon a route and visiting Websites to get airline and travel schedules. They use ratios and proportions as well as converting fractions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Add & Subtract Fractions w/Unlike Denominators, 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use several examples to create a method for adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. They present these methods to the class and then practice applying methods to sample problems.
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Lesson Plan
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Improving Deductive Reasoning Skills

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recognize problems that may be solved using deductive reasoning, and develop aids to help them in solving these problems. They produce their own deductive reasoning puzzles for other students to solve.
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Lesson Plan
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Learning About Our World

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners explore their world using the book "This is the Way We Go to School." They predict information about the story based on the title and pictures. Students label a world map with the names of continents and oceans. They write a set...
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A Recipe For Success

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore a relevant application of ratios and proportions. They apply this concept through guided practice and interactive feedback.
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Budgeting Money

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson, students pick an occupation and develop a list of needs and wants. Students make a list of monthly expenses and budget their income to afford those expenses.
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Lesson Plan
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Travels Of A Florida Migrant Child

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the story Amelia's Road by Vickie Leigh Krudwig in this cross-curricular Math lesson for the middle-level classroom. Elements of the social sciences are addressed. Cooperative learning groups are suggested for successful...