Illustrative Mathematics
Building toward fluency
Here is a great learning task that focuses on the development of areas in computational fluency including strategies in mental math. Young learners are guided through a list of addition expressions that help them visually understand the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Finding a 10% increase
A quick problem to test your mathematicians' knowledge on percent increase. Two different solutions are provided, mental math and computing. Ask your learners to include a description of what they did to supplement their answer.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: A Sweet Story
In this Max's Math Adventure, estimate pieces of candy with Max, Ruthie, and Pop. Features include a teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges.
Other
Casting Out Nines: A Math Computation Checking Strategy
It's a mathematician's dream come true. An easy trick for checking mathematical computations, without a calculator! Believe it or not, it works with all four operations.
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Emr: Exercises in Math Readiness
Practice your mental math skills with this site, where practice problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division abound. Introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels are available. Just type in your answer and you'll...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Four Timed Mental Math (Page 2)
Improve your computations skills in all four operations with this timed interactive worksheet. Solve ten problems in five minutes or less. Problems are presented in horizontal format and answers can be checked immediately. This worksheet...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page1)
Test your computation skills using this timed interactive worksheet. Five minutes is the time limit. Answers can be checked when finished. This short activity would be suitable for a quick assessment.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: K 12 Math Problems, Puzzles, Tips & Tricks
At this site us these tips & tricks to help students become better mental mathematicians.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Eight Timed Mental Math
Improve your computation skills using this timed interactive worksheet.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page 2)
Learners are challenged to solve ten addition or subtraction problems in less than five minutes using this interactive worksheet. Immediate feedback is given.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page 3)
Try to solve ten addition or subtraction problems in less than five minutes using this interactive worksheet. Immediate feedback is given. A suitable tool for use as a quick assessment.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Eight Timed Mental Math
This resource provides an interactive worksheet with just ten problems as an independent practice or a quick assessment.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Estimating a Sum by Rounding
Use rounding to estimate the answer to an addition problem in this online game. As you play the game, running totals of correct and incorrect answers and your score are displayed.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mad Minutes
This activity should help kids to perform quick computations using mental math, become less reliant on calculators for computation, and remember algorithms for common math problems by using repetition and practice.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: El Monosabio
This application has a simulation which computes the product of two numbers and the square of a number.