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Puzzling Perimeters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use estimation, fractions and decimals to determine the perimeter of objects in the classroom. They are given a worksheet with a list of the items on it. The worksheet has columns beside each of the items for estimation and...
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Cheerios- Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders measure surface area and perimeter using estimation. They complete a variety of measurement activities using Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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All I Want For Christmas

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create wish lists from catalogues and sales ads based on a given budget. They add, subtract, estimate, and budget their given amount of money so they don't go over budget.
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Estimation and Measurement

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use unconventional units of measure to estimate and measure.
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How Many Pennies?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students estimate the number of pennies it takes to fill outlines of various basic shapes.
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French Fry Fun

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this estimation instructional activity, students estimate the number and length of french fries they have. There are 5 problems in a chart.
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Using the Newspaper to Teach Division and Time Conversion

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use classified ads to select a career. In this math lesson, students convert the listed salary to an hourly, yearly, weekly and monthly rate. Students explain the process they used to find the various rates.
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Pea Brain! Explorations in Estimation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students estimate how many peas fit in a container. In this science activity, students calculate the weight of a pea and record it. They use this data to calculate how many peas fit in a human brain.
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Bean Bugs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice how to estimate the size of a population of organisms. In this estimation instructional activity, students hypothesize how to estimate a population of organisms. Students learn to use a quadrat system to estimate...
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Estimating With Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore fractions. In this fraction lesson, students estimate fractions and estimate sums of fractions. Students work with technology to develop math fluency.
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Introducing the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice using estimation. In this estimation lesson, 5th graders add, subtract, multiple, and divide using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Students decide upon instances when estimation is more appropriate than...
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Brain Booster: Estimation and Repeated Addition

For Students 4th - 5th
In this daily math problem worksheet, students complete three activities that help use estimation and solve problems with repeated addition. Students show their work using pictures, numbers, or words and may use cubes, number lines or...
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Estimating

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this estimation worksheet, students estimate in word problems and graphs. Students round numbers to help them complete the estimation problems.
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Shapes Estimation

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this shape estimation worksheet, students use their visual interpretation skills to estimate how many of the given small shapes will fit into the large shapes.
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Estimation of Sets of Items

For Students K
For this estimation worksheet, students examine sets of items. They determine which set of items have closest to 13 in the first example, and which has closest to 10 in the second example.
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Estimate Weight or Volume

For Students 5th
In this estimation with weight and volume worksheet, 5th graders solve and complete 6 problems that include estimating objects. First, they determine which item illustrated weighs more. Then, students determine which figure illustrated...
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Estimating Quotients

For Students 6th - 7th
In this estimating quotients worksheet, students solve 20 different problems that include estimating a variety of quotients in each. They divide each whole number and then estimate the answer in each problem to the nearest whole number.
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Estimation and Addition Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this estimation and addition worksheet, students complete 3 different sections with 6 questions in total. The first section asks students to do addition using the British pound. The second asks them to estimate and then calculate...
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Inches and Feet

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this inches and feet worksheet, learners, with a partner, estimate and measure the answers to five word problems dealing with inches and feet.
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Money Problems

For Teachers 4th
In this mathematics learning exercise, 4th graders use the table given to find the total amount of money at home. Then they use the inventory that a store gave to solve each of the problems that follows. Students also solve for n.
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Mystery Stars: Estimating Whole Numbers Using Fractions Shown on Sectors of a Circle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this set of fraction worksheets, students cut out 6 pages of circles that show fractions with stars covering different sections of circles. They show one section of the circle in order to estimate the whole number of stars by looking...
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Estimating Percentages

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In this estimating percentages worksheet, students read a problem that gives the percentage of a dollar amount, for example; 8.6% of $75.09 = $5.46. They estimate to determine if they believe the problem is "definitely wrong" or...
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Estimating Revenues

For Teachers 11th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, students write out a business plan that translates into an estimation of revenue made in the first three years.
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Estimation With Whole Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this elementary math worksheet, students find the answers to the 10 problems written in the multiple choice format in order to develop critical thinking skills.