California Education Partners
John's Trip Disneyland
It all adds up to one. Pupils solve several items that involve finding sums of fractions in relationship to a whole. The assessment task uses fractions with unlike denominators to determine the amount of a tank of gas and the amount of...
Yummy Math
Valentine’s Day = Roses
Roses are red, but did you know that some are lighter while others are darker? Scholars read an infographic to decipher the fraction and percent of rose color and their country of origin. They go on to make comparisons and estimate while...
Curated OER
Estimating with Rational Numbers
Students explore the concept of rounding. In this rounding lesson, students round fractions and mixed numbers. Students estimate the sums, differences, products, and quotients of rounded fractions and mixed numbers.
Curated OER
Quilting With Students: Using Fractions to Develop Quilt Designs
Young scholars create and study paper "quilt blocks" that represent fractions. In this fraction lesson plan, students color squares in different dimensions in order to discover the basics of fractions.
David Pleacher
Candy Math Fun
Few things can motivate children to learn like the promise of a sweet and tasty treat. Given a bag of M&M®s, Skittles®, or other colorful candy, students first predict the contents of the bag before counting the pieces, creating a...
Under the Dome
Sweet Tart Hearts Revisited
Use fractions to estimate candy counts. After watching a video of emptying a bag of candies into a glass, individuals estimate the number of candies of each color. The teacher provides the class with additional information to help answer...
Charleston School District
Scientific Notation Operations
How do you operate with numbers in scientific notation? The resource provides examples on how to divide and multiply with numbers written in scientific notation. The handout and video also cover the procedure for addition and subtraction...
Virginia Department of Education
Mathematics Vocabulary Cards - Kindergarten
Enhance your math lesson with a series of pictures that illustrate different math concepts. The vocabulary includes a variety of ideas and pictures including fractions, ordinal numbers, picture graphs, and number lines.
Virginia Department of Education
Mathematics Vocabulary Cards - Grade 1
Clarify basic math concepts with a series of vocabulary posters designed for first graders. The cards include illustrations for fractions, place value, tally marks, and number lines, as well as many more vocabulary words.
Curated OER
Scaling Our School
Fourth graders practice estimating the length and height of buildings at their school. They then compare their estimations with the actual heights or lengths. Each student then builds a scale model using ratio to translate the "real"...
EngageNY
Multiplying and Dividing Expressions with Radicals
That's radical! Simplifying radicals may not be exciting, but it is an important skill. A math lesson provides explanations of properties used throughout the material. Scholars practice skills needed to multiply and divide radical...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Adding Common Fractions
Fourth graders estimate various measurements. In this instructional activity on measurement, 4th graders estimate the length and mass of multiple objects. Students discuss the difference between a guess and a reasonable estimate and...
Curated OER
Comparing Fractions
Learners use the assistance of computers to explore reducing fractions. Using various internet activities, students experience comparing and ordering fractions. They develop methods to estimate the value of fractions.
Curated OER
Multiplying Mixed Numbers
In this multiplying mixed numbers worksheet, young scholars with a partner problem solve and calculate the answers to ten word problems and mathematical equations.
Curated OER
Fraction Review
In this fractions learning exercise, learners put fractions into their simplest form, write as improper fractions, add and subtract, estimate amounts, and more. They complete 31 problems.
Curated OER
Quiz: 15 Estimating Fractions Sums and Differences
In this estimating fraction sums and differences worksheet, students complete a total of 15 problems. Answers are included on page 2. Labeled as quiz but suitable for practice.
Curated OER
Get In Line!
High schoolers compare and order fractions and decimals using a number line. They use rules of conversion to determine equivalencies competing problems accurately and plot points on the number line that represent the correct order of the...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Fraction Strips
Learners explore number sense by participating in a class fraction game. For this number value lesson, students utilize strips of paper with fractions written on them and conduct a trivia game in which teams challenge each other....
Curated OER
Add & Subtract Fractions w/Unlike Denominators, 2
Students use several examples to create a method for adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. They present these methods to the class and then practice applying methods to sample problems.
Curated OER
Skittle Around with Fraction and Percentages
Fifth graders investigate the interchangeable relationship betweeen fractions and percents. They discuss the concepts using teacher provided questions. Then sutdents work in cooperative groups to maximize scaffolding.
Curated OER
Estimation With Percents
Pupils examine percents. In this percents lesson, students will estimate percentages. Using advertisements from a newspaper, pupils problem solve to determine the final price of a sale item.
T. Smith Publishing
Estimate Products of Mixed Numbers
Practice, practice, practice! There are 35 problems to solve on this handout, all of them involving the multiplication of mixed numbers. Although the publisher has tagged it as designed for several Common Core standards, there are no...
Curated OER
Estimating With Fire
Students solve problems with percents, decimals and fractions. In this algebra lesson, students convert between fractions, percents and decimals. They estimate their answers and calculate their answer.
Curated OER
Mystery Stars: Estimating Whole Numbers Using Fractions Shown on Sectors of a Circle
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...