Here is one of the better lessons I've come across on how to teach fractions and decimals. This instructional activity does a great job of showing how these two mathematical representations of numbers are interrelated. Some excellent...

A simple question, with a not-so-simple answer. Working with whole and mixed number measurements in inches, feet, and yards presents a problem with many possible solutions. A great activity that challenges the minds of young...

Students explore ratios and their relationships to fractions. They explain the process of identifying ratios and describe their comparison. Students write ratios as fractions and by using colons. They convert the ratios to percents.

Play with paint and decide the ratio to make different shades of green. When mixing paint colors, your painters should decide which ratios make the same shade and what is needed to mix other ratios for a different shade of green. This is...

Students add or subtract fraction parts of mixed numbers before adding or subtracting the whole number parts. In this fractions lesson, students learn to use a ruler to help them add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

Fourth graders compare and order fractions in a fraction game activity. In this fraction game lesson, 4th graders play a game that requires them to add fractions with like denominators and compare fractions. Students create posters where...

In this math instructional activity, students look for the answers to the addition with fractions of the same denominator. There is a button at the top of the page for the answers.

For this math worksheet, student practice solving the problems using the operation of addition with the mixed numbers. The answers are found on page two.

For this math worksheet, students convert the fractions into decimals for the 18 problems. They are also challenged to convert some mixed numbers.

Sixth graders practice Least Common Multiple in fractions. In this fraction activity, 6th graders look at two different fractions and find a common denominator. They sing a song to memorize mean, median, and mode. 

In this fractions practice worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 275 problems that require them to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.

Recipies are a natural medium for using fractions in real-world problems. This delicious activity has learners adapting the ingredients for coconut and chocolate chip macaroons, a Passover treat, for fewer and more cookies than the...

Explore properties of integers! In this algebra instructional activity, pupils add, subtract, divide and multiply using integers correctly. They differentiate between rational and irrational numbers.

Fourth graders estimate various measurements. In this lesson on measurement, 4th graders estimate the length and mass of multiple objects. Students discuss the difference between a guess and a reasonable estimate and discuss using...

The 15th lesson in the series of 24 helps your classes understand the ppm (part per million) unit of measure. First, scholars experiment with food coloring to determine concentrations before applying their findings to calculate...

An excellent way to reinforce math vocabulary in your classroom! Seventy-eight posters focus on number and number sense, computation and estimation, measurement, geometry, probability and statistics, and patterns, functions, and algebra.

Students examine fractions in this instructional activity. They practice with how to reduce and perform operations on fractions.

Students examine two plants that make skateboards. They practice converting fractions to percents in real life applications.

In this all operations instructional activity, students play a board game where they solve problems involving all operations and fractions. Students complete 34 problems.

Fourth graders, after being given a box of cornbread mix, follow the directions to make the cornbread. They utilize measuring cups to mix all the ingredients together and incorporate adding simple fractions while mixing up the cornbread.

In this fraction review worksheet, students read about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and and dividing fractions, examine some sample problems, and then solve 9 fraction word problems.

Students pretend they are time-travellers and travel back to 1954 to a McDonald's Restaurant to see how prices have changed. They need to add and subtract money with regrouping.

In this analyzing reasonableness worksheet, students solve 6 word problems pertaining to a recipe for cereal snack mix. The problems include basic fractions.

Pupils examine a soccer league final standings chart and then answer 12 questions based on the information provided. They calculate some answers in both fractions and percentages.