Trying to get your class to think of decimals as fractions and vice versa can lead to interesting discussions. After all, we can usually understand quickly that 1/4 is .25 but why is 1/7 not so easy to convert? This activity looks...

Sometimes dealing with decimals is so much easier than dealing with fractions. The ninth instructional activity in a 21-part module has the class consider situations when it might be easier to add or subtract fractions by first...

Hooray for chocolate chip cookies! Ask your mathematicians to triple a chocolate chip cookie recipe and then reduce the recipe by one-fourth. Your class may need two days to complete, tripling the recipe the first day and reducing the...

Test young mathematicians' knowledge with an assessment aligned to California's fifth grade state standards. The exam covers a multitude of concepts including fractions and decimals, positive and negative numbers, measurement; and...

Have scholars show what they know with a 20-page assessment aligned to the California State Standards. The test covers concepts such as large and whole numbers, all four mathematical operations, fractions, decimals, geometric figures,...

Determine the right mix of cans of cat food. The resource consists of an assessment task to determine the cost to feed two cats for a specific number of days and requires scholars to interpret remainders within a context....

Let's paint the town equal parts yellow and violet, or simply brown. Pupils calculate the amount of blue and red paint needed to make six quarts of brown paint. Individuals then explain how they determined the percentage of the brown...

Class members come up with a hypothesis on the number of decimal digits in the product of two decimals. Learners work in groups to complete several decimal multiplication problems. The results help groups develop a conjecture on the...

Assess scholars' knowledge with a 22-page assessment that covers place value, patterns, probability, estimation, measurement, geometric figures; and their ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide proficiently. 

Use Glencoe's self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of rounding fractions and mixed numbers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem, and click the "Check It" button to how you did.

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of estimating with fraction operations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of estimating sums and differences. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...

Practice your rounding skills in this online quiz. There are ten questions, and you select the correct answer by rounding to the nearest tenth.

Practice your rounding skills through this online quiz. Round each number to the nearest ten, and select the correct answer of the three choices given. There are ten random questions. Immediate feedback is given.

This activity allows the student to practice simplifying, converting, and multiplying decimals, percentages, and fractions. There are 3 levels of difficulty and the time limit may be set from no limit to 60 seconds. Additional...

Round each number to the nearest hundred. Select the correct answer of three choices. There are ten random questions.