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Division Problems to Calculate Mentally
In this division worksheet, 4th graders try to solve division word problems in their heads. Students try to solve 12 division problems in their heads.
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Division Dilemma
In this division worksheet, students play a game with number spinners to figure out division problems and then solve them. Students solve 5 rounds of the game and answer 5 questions.
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Math Jeopardy: Basic Skills
Students play a PowerPoint activity to be used as a review of basic skills for order of operations, and the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for whole numbers, some fractional numbers and integers....
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Making Cents of Division
Third graders use pennies as manipulatives to solve simple division problems. They create division number sentences to correspond with each exercise. This is a good, hands-on way to teach the concept of division.
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Mental Multiplication
Students discover how to multiply large numbers in their heads using some simple techniques. They understand that multiplying by 5 is done by multiplying by 10 and cutting the answer in half. They also understand that multiplying by 9...
Illustrative Mathematics
Equivalent fractions approach to non-repeating decimals
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...
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Yogurt Packaging
Food companies understand how to use math to their advantage. Learners explore the math related to the packaging and serving size of yogurt. They then use unit analysis and percent values to make decisions on the product development.
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Matrix Madness!!
Perform operations to add, subtract, multiply and divide matrices. Then solve problems with vectors using matrices. A three day lesson: Matrix Madness, Mystical Matrices, and Decode the Encode. The last lesson has prizes that the class...
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Math: O.R.E.O. Woes
In this math instructional activity, 3rd graders apply basic operations to answer six questions about Oreo cookies. Next, they create four math problems using pictures and number sentences.
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"The Grapes of Math" by Gregg Tang
Students practice mental addition and use the associative and commutative properties of addition to solve problems.
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Fractions and Percentages
In this fractions and percentages learning exercise, students are given 4 mental test each with 8 problems including finding percentages, converting decimals and fractions to percentages, and adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions.
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Lesson 3: Number Sense
Learners solve word problems using number sense. They convert fractions to decimals and mixed numbers. Pupils determine if a given fraction is greater or less than another fraction, and order numbers on a number line.
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Yummy Apples!
Young learners listen to a read aloud of Gail Gibbons book, Apples and the story A Red House With No Windows and No Doors. They compare characteristics of a number of kinds of apples, graph them and create a apple print picture. Learners...
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Multiplying by 10, by 100, and by 1,000
Fourth graders write tenths and hundredths in decimal and fraction notations. In this math instructional activity, learners know the fraction and decimal equivalents for halves and fourths. Everyone answers numerous questions posed by...
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Multi-Digit Multiplication
Fourth graders practice mastering the ability to multiply multi-digit numbers utilizing rectangular arrays and a variety of mental math strategies. They model and illustrate meanings of multiplication and division of whole numbers and...
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Multiplication Strategies and Writing Story Problems
Third graders model multiplication problems using Unifix cubes. They compute and solve problems involving addition and subtraction of 3- and 4- digit numbers and basic facts of multiplication and division. They practice mental math...
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Equal Groups
In this dividing by two word problem worksheet, students use pictures and mental math to problem solve. Students solve six problems.
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Fantastic Fraction Fudge
In order to create some tasty fudge, learners must adapt a recipe. Using a recipe for fudge, ingredients must be correctly converted using fractions. If one fraction is incorrect, the fudge will reveal it! Although you will only make one...
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Liquid Killer
Young scholars explore number sense applications and discuss strategies for multiplication and division using mental math. For cross-curricular purposes, they explore causes and effects of inequality and social injustice. Students...
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The Nuts and Bolts of a Mathematical Expression
Fourth graders complete a worksheet that asks them to order operations within a mathematical expression. students evaluate the expressions in the correct order using mental math and paper. The results are recorded on the worksheet.
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Calculator Spelling
Sixth graders practice creating and solving number sentences on a calculator. They interact with number facts, their properties, algorithms and estimation. Each student recognizes inverse relationships of addition, subtraction,...
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How to Make a Multiplication Table
Teach children how to make a multiplication table, and they'll be multiplying for life. Following this series of steps, young mathematicians learn to use patterns and the relationships between numbers to create...
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Circle Drill
In this math facts worksheet, students read about using the circle drill chart to practice addition facts, multiplication facts, and subtraction facts. Student use the blank chart to practice the skill.
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Speeding By The Numbers
Students determine speed by running or walking a given distance and dividing the distance by the time it took them to do so. They record their average speed and compare it with the speeds of other moving objects.