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Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and Big Hungry Bear Lesson Plan
Students create a fruit salad using pieces of fruit cut in halves. In this early childhood lesson plan, students discover the concept of half and whole. Students experience this concept in a hands-on activity in which they cut fruit...
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Which Fraction Am I?
In this fraction worksheet, students read a description of a fraction, then write the fraction on a line beneath the description clue. Students then write about what strategy was most helpful to them.
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Practice With Fractional Exponents
In this fractional exponents worksheet, students solve problems containing fractional exponents. Rules for exponent are available for assistance. This one-page worksheet contains 11 problems. An answer key is provided.
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Simplifying Radical Expressions
In this radical expressions instructional activity, 9th graders solve and complete 20 different problems that include simplifying various radical expressions. First, they define rationalizing the denominator. Then, students simplify and...
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Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
For this adding and subtracting rational expressions worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 7 different problems. First, they simplify each rational expressions given. Then, students state the domain restrictions as they proceed...
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Finding Remainders in Pascal's Triangle
Students use clock arithmetic to find remainders. In this patterns in math instructional activity, students explore the relationship between clock arithmetic and remainders using a computer applet. Students also identify patterns in...
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Decimal Numbers
In this mixed numbers worksheet, students write mixed numbers that are represented by number lines, decimals, and hundreds blocks. Students complete 3 problems.
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Pizza, Pizza
Fourth graders investigate the concept of fractions. A pizza is used as a metaphor and example of practice for students. They use the appropriate methods of dividing numbers from a whole and into the fractional parts. Then students...
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Mars Fraction Hunt
Students gain practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions, and paying attention to detail. They divide a word into appropriate fractional parts and use equivalent fractions to correctly divide words.
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But That's Not FAIR!
Third graders solve problems using fractions through hands-on activities and appropriate literature.
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Math Mania
Fifth graders review adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of fractions and decimals through a variety of activities and exercises.
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Mars Fraction Unit
Students gain practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions, and paying attention to detail. They divide words into fractional parts. This is a fun way for kids to work with fractions.
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China: Dim Sum: A Mars Bar Fraction Hunt Lesson
Students practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions and paying attention to detail.
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Basic Sense
Fifth graders add fractions. After a class discussion on real life application of fractions, the teacher uses fractions strips to model adding fractions. In pairs, 5th graders model adding fractions by drawing diagrams. They justify...
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Getting Partial
This unit introduces a number of important concepts relating to fractions. The first of these is that fractions represent parts of regions and sets and so are useful in a large variety of situations. Whole numbers are not enough by...
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This is to That
Students look at ratio, what it means for numbers or objects to be in a given ratio, and how ratios and fractions are related. They write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication,...
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Fra-Per-Dec
Students explore the concept of ordering fractions and finding equivalent fractions. For this ordering fractions and finding equivalent fractions lesson, students play a card game where students must collect 5 cards with equivalent...
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Math Practice Exam
In this math practice exam activity, students simplify expressions, find volume and area, write mathematical expressions multiple and divide expressions and reduce fractions. Mention is made of associated videos, but no specific...
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A Newspaper?
Sixth graders reinforce understanding of fractions through use of newspapers.
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Cutting the Wood
Pupils demonstrate and describe the effect of multiplying or dividing by a fraction less than or greater than one. They create and explain a variety of equivalent ratios that represent a given situation. Students draw a picture of the...
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Fraction Card Shark
Second graders explain the relative size of fractions using symbolic and concrete representations. Groups of four students play a game which uses cards and unifix cubes. The game helps them get a visual understanding for the 'size' of...
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Plan a Cruise Lesson Plan
Young scholars measure distances and report them in fractions, convert fractions to decimals, and multiply decimals.
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students rotate through four workstations that reinforce the concept of symmetry
Second graders, in pairs, use arrays to explore the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Basic Math - Plan a Cruise
Students measure distances and report them in fractions. They convert fractions to decimals and multiply decimals.