Worksheet
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Estimating Expenses

For Students 6th - 8th
For this estimation worksheet, students estimate expenses of different items by solving word problems. Students estimate expenses for 5 problems.
Interactive
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Estimating the Square- Root of Ten

For Students 9th - 11th
For this algebra worksheet, students estimate the square root. They rewrite the root as an exponential function and solve. They use the correct function notation. There are 10 questions.
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Round Numbers to Nearest Ten or Hundred

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review telling time. For this lesson on telling time, 3rd graders discuss various items that show length of time, including clocks, calendars and sand timers. Students review and practice what they already know about...
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Applied Science-Science and Math (2A) Post Lab

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a graph about TV watching. In this bar graph lesson, 2nd graders make a hypothesis about how much TV 2nd graders watch per week. They record their TV watching for a week and bring it to school to create a class...
Worksheet
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Online Math Problems and Estimation

For Students 5th - 6th
For this online math problems worksheet, students complete a variety of exercises including finding the missing numbers in eight math problems, two money and estimation calculations and estimating the difference in ten math problems by...
Lesson Plan
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Money Game

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders give change of one dollar.  In this decimal and fractions lesson, 4th graders receive fake coins and discuss what they could purchase with them.  Students go for a walk and spend one dollar and  get...
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Write Nearby Tens

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this rounding to the nearest ten learning exercise, students read numbers and write the nearby tens in the box next to them. Students solve 20 problems.
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Numerical Analysis/ Floating Point Arithmetic

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students examine the concept of floating point arithmetic. They compare the tools of chopping and rounding to measure accuracy.
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Mixing Paints

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
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...
Lesson Plan
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Adjusting the Quotient

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students solve division problems. In this division lesson, students review estimating and how to figure out if their estimate is too large or too small. Students solve division problems and use their estimating skills to adjust the...
Lesson Plan
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Measure Mania

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Groups of young scholars rotate through five classroom stations to estimate, measure, and record volume, length, weight, mass, and area using both customary and metric measure. They evaluate their data to determine how close their...
Worksheet
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Equal Estimates- Decimals

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this decimal estimation worksheet, students estimate a set of addition and subtraction problems, rounding to the nearest whole number, then place each problem in the box that contains its estimated sum or difference.
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Estimate Quotients: Reteach

For Students 4th - 5th
In this estimating quotients worksheet, students review how to estimate quotients using compatible numbers. Students then estimate the quotient for the division equations and tell what compatible numbers were used.
Handout
Charleston School District

Scientific Notation and Appropriate Units

For Teachers 8th Standards
How do you write a number in scientific notation? The handout and video provide an explanation on how to convert from standard form into scientific notation and vice versa. The resource also contains a short discussion about choosing...
Lesson Plan
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Book Title: You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore the concepts of multiple digit addition and subtraction. For this addition and subtraction lesson, students read the book You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime and then discuss methods for solving a particular math...
Lesson Plan
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Checking Multiplication By Estimation

For Teachers 8th
In this checking multiplication by estimation worksheet, 8th graders answer twenty six problems by estimating the answer in the decision column and then discuss their answers in class.
Worksheet
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Decimal word problems

For Students 4th - 8th
In this decimals activity, students complete word problems having to do with decimals up to 4 digit numbers. Students complete 10 multiple choice problems.
Lesson Plan
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M&M Caper

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a game with M&M's to be introduced to percents and ratios. Individually, they estimate and record the number of candies they believe the bag holds and the amount of each colored candy. They open the bag and...
Worksheet
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2 Digit Addition Worksheets with Regrouping

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students solve 20 problems in which 2 digit numbers are added with regrouping. There are 10 pages available here.
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Estimate Quotients

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

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this rounding learning exercise, students round a set of 10 numbers to the nearest thousand. A website reference for additional resources is given.
Worksheet
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The Babylonian Algorithm, Limits and Rates of Change

For Students Higher Ed
In this successive approximations worksheet, students use the Babylonian algorithm to determine the roots of given numbers. They identify the limits of a function, and compute the rate of change in a linear function. This two-page...
Worksheet
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The Christmas Shoppe: Money Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Christmas money activity worksheet, students use a chart of Christmas Shoppe Sales to answer 4 questions involving estimating, calculating, finding mean and sales amounts.
Lesson Plan
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Making Estimations in Measurement

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore estimating and measurement with the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. They read and discuss the story, estimate and measure their own height, circumference, and length of their foot, and draw and paint a giant using...