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Everyday Mathematics: Ballpark Estimates
In this estimating practice worksheet, students sharpen their math skills as they learn how to make likely estimates and try the 2 extra practice activities.
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In the Ballpark
Students practice estimation skills with the video series "Interactions: Real Math, Real Careers". They complete a hands-on activity for estimating large numbers.
Virginia Department of Education
Measuring Mania
Conversion immersion — it's measuring mania! A set of four activities teaches scholars to convert between customary and metric units. Resource covers unit conversions in length, temperature, weight/mass, and volume.
Virginia Department of Education
Going the Distance
Estimate the value of one of the most famous irrational numbers. The hands-on lesson instructs classmates to measure the circumference and diameters of circles using yarn. The ratio of these quantities defines pi.
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Cooking Up Something Good
Students compare and convert units of measurement within the United States customary system and within the metric system by baking cookies. Students discuss how to double the cookie recipe, how to make only half of the recipe, and how to...