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Pattern Puzzles
A short video introduces place value in addition and subtraction. As a class, your students identify all even numbers up to one hundred and explain the pattern. They use addition strategies to fill in the missing numbers on the number grid.
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Opinion Poll-arities
Students explore the mathematics behind opinion polls, as well as provides a framework for interpreting trends in opinion poll graphics.
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A Financial Flower Garden
Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that use the special State Quarters as a learning tool. This one uses the Mississippi State Quarter. During this instructional activity, pupils learn about the variety of state flowers...
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Dream Home Mathematics
Explore the concept of budgeting with sixth graders. They will pick a career on note card made by the teacher. They then use the information on the card such as salary, expenses, and career to create a life for themselves. They also...
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Appalachia
Students investigate the benefits of dance and participate in dances. For this dance lesson, students investigate a number of dances such as square dancing and clogging that are native to Appalachia. They use math concepts to determine...
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Not So Snappy 10
In this math worksheet, students look for the answers to each word problem that is focused around the number 10. They use the basic skills of arithmetic.
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Smart Doubling
Second graders use mental math in calculations involving addition and subtraction. They study doubles facts to work out addition problems mentally using part and or whole reasoning.
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Addition and Subtraction
Students develop their own strategies to solve basic addition and subtraction facts. In this addition and subtraction lesson plan, students use strategies they already know and new ones to solve problems.
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An Introduction to Elementary Statistics
Students explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency.
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Fractions and Fact Families: Jump Kangaroo Jump!
Second graders practice with fractions and fact families. In this fractions and fact families activity, 2nd graders participate in a series of activities to assist them with understanding fractions. Activities include graphing,...
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography
Students investigate modular clock arithmetic and cryptography. They perform basic operations in modular (clock) arithmetic and encode and decode messages using simple shift and affine ciphers.
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I'll Have an Order of Subtraction Please!
Young scholars explore number values by completing consumer math worksheets. In this math functions lesson plan, students identify the use of a decimal in numbers and the place values that are represented when dealing with money. Young...
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From Probability to Combinatorics and Number Theory
Students see how division is used to help solve probability problems. They use tables as data structures where they are used to count outcomes and to compute probabilities. Students use games to help solve probability problems.
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Ridgerunner
Students jog at the beginning of the class while learning about the Appalachian Trail. They integrate math into the lesson by adding up how many miles they have run, and comparing it to distances on a real trail map.
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The Mystery of the Accelerating Race Car
Students define and discuss acceleration and how to compute acceleration. They observe examples of computing acceleration, and complete a worksheet using the correct formula.
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Fraction Facts
Students explore the concept of fractions. In this fractions instructional activity, students perform basic operations such as addition and subtraction with fractions. Students play a game on the computer called 'Fraction Four' that...
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La Toteca- A Tropical Paradise
Students collect data on the time of the ferry. In this algebra lesson, students use the data to predict a ferry schedule. They also compute the depth where oxygen would be needed when diving.
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Multiplication Strategies and Writing Story Problems
Third graders model multiplication problems using Unifix cubes. They compute and solve problems involving addition and subtraction of 3- and 4- digit numbers and basic facts of multiplication and division. They practice mental math...
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Numbers and Operations- 24
Students construct number sentences. In this computation activity, students participate in a game using four numbers to make the number 24.
Helping with Math
#6: Addition and Subtraction Equations (2 of 2)
This printable contains 12 basic equations to be solved. The first one is worked out as an example, and the answers for all can be found by clicking on a "Show Answers" box found on the website. The publisher has identified this as...
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Christmas Presents
Seventh graders create a graph of their Christmas gifts. They develop categories, compute fractional and decimal parts for each category, identify the number of degrees to represent each fractional part, and create a circle graph to...
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The School Store
Students choose between the operations of addition or subtraction to solve a real life problem. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students make a chart of items sold in the school store. Students then work in teams...
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Quadratic Equations with Complex Coefficients
Students solve and graph quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson, students perform basic operation using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They compute the quadratic formula.
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Earthquakes
Eighth graders demonstrate the mathematical components of a scientific problem as well as illustrate how real world problems can be solved using math. They demonstrate math skills such as rate calculation, graphing, and linear equations.