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Estimate a Dinner Plate

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students work with a partner to solve the real-world problem of planning a favorite meal given a specific budget. They review and practice estimation strategies to determine the reasonableness of calculations in a given situation.
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Use Negative Numbers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this problem solving worksheet, students read and solve 6 story problems pertaining to borrowing and paying back money. Students use instead simple subtraction and addition. No answers will be negative numbers.
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Treats in a Basket

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore probability by participating in an experimental activity. In this number statistics lesson plan, students collaborate in groups in which they move a game piece around a board. Students calculate their probability of...
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A McTrip Back In Time

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students pretend they are time-travellers and travel back to 1954 to a McDonald's Restaurant to see how prices have changed. They need to add and subtract money with regrouping.
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Functions As Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, high schoolers read the information about the relationships of functions and then they fill in the graphic organizer with the information at the bottom of the page.
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"Using Manipulatives and/or Technology to Solve Math Problems" by Cooking Dinner

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore math functions by preparing a meal. In this food measurement lesson, students examine a recipe for a meal and alter the size of the recipe based upon the amount of servings needed. Students utilize manipulatives to...
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Puzzling Perimeters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use estimation, fractions and decimals to determine the perimeter of objects in the classroom. They are given a worksheet with a list of the items on it. The worksheet has columns beside each of the items for estimation and...
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Systems of Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve systems of equations. In this algebra activity, students use elimination and substitution to solve for the point of intersection. They use graphing to see where the two lines intersect.
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Unexpected Answers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider probability problems with unexpected and surprising answers.
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Estimate Quotients

For Students 5th
Fifth graders have to use division to solve problems in everyday situations. This activity on estimation and division has students practice these skills using real-life examples. The activity is part of the Houghton Mifflin math series...
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Fractions and Mixed Numbers

For Students 4th - 6th
Converting fractions is an important skill for students to master. Using this worksheet, students can practice expressing fractions as an improper fraction and as a mixed number. This worksheet is for use with the Houghton Mifflin math...
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It's Your Future!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the concept of getting a job and buying a home. In this getting a job and buying a home lesson, students research job qualifications and salaries for various jobs. Students discuss what is a mortgage and how one works.
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Comparing and Ordering Greater Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners line up the digits of the numbers they are comparing in the correct manner. In this comparing numbers lesson plan, students learn to line numbers up correctly on a place value chart before comparing them. Learners then answer...
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Subtracting Monkeys

For Teachers K
Pupils sing a song that counts backwards from five to one and illustrate the countdown with puppets. They write the correct subtraction problem for each verse of the song.
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Zeros in the Product

For Students 4th - 5th
In this zeros in products worksheet, students solve 6 word problems. Problems are in sets of 2, with given sales tax percentages to be used with each set.
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Figuring Elapsed Time

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students tell time. In this elapsed time instructional activity, students review how to tell time to five minutes. Students solve problems where they must determine the elapsed time.
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Mr. Goldman's Good Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Shopping carts are a modern convenience that many people take for granted. Make sure your pupils do not fall into that category by completing the activities in this plan. There are ideas included for language arts, social studies, math,...
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Shell Sort; Serving up Seafood

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money sense and...
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Write and Evaluate Expressions

For Students 3rd
In this problem solving worksheet, 3rd graders write and evaluate an expression to solve each of 6 word problems. They work with monetary amounts and whole numbers.
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Color Your World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate the cost of painting a room. In this surface area lesson, students create a scale model from provided dimensions of a bedroom. Groups use area formulas to find square footage, from which materials and labor costs are...
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Houses and Cars and Loans

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a spreadsheet to track their spending. In this algebra lesson, students use loan formulas to calculate the payback amount plus interest on a loan. They calculate how much money they would need to buy a car and house.
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Fractional Parts of a Number

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fractional parts of a number worksheet, learners read and solve 6 story problems that pertain to fractional parts of a whole number.
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Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students multiply integers.  In this multiplying integers lesson, students multiply positive and negative integers.  Students discuss that a positives times positives, positives times negatives, and negatives times...
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A Look at Race in America Using Statistics

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the issue of racism in America.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze charts and graphs on blacks and whites in America.