Curated OER
Speed, Distance and Time
Students are introduced to the concept of speed and the difference between average and instantaneous speed. They work as a class to solve a variety of word problems to calculate average speeds without a calculator. The students are then...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Comparing Sets
Students count back with cubes to model subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students compare sets of problems and record their results in a table.
Curated OER
Subtracting Two- and Three-Digit Numbers
In this subtracting two- and three-digit numbers worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and calculate the answers to fourteen subtraction equations.
Curated OER
Estimation and Computation
Second graders practice their estimation skills using blocks. In this math lesson, 2nd graders explain how estimating makes addition easier. They complete a worksheet after the lesson to reinforce new learning.
Curated OER
In the Bag!
Students calculate how many quarters are in a $1,000 bag (after learning the dollar value of filled coin bags). They explain their problem-solving strategy using pictures, numbers, equations, and/or words.
Curated OER
Can you Find the Expression
Students collect data from measurements and weights for this experiment. In this algebra lesson, students analyze graphs they create form their data to find the expression representing the data. They label which graph provided the best...
Curated OER
Computing Discounts
In this computing discounts worksheet, students with a partner problem solve and calculate the answers to ten word problems and mathematical equations involving sales price, discounts, percents and decimals.
Curated OER
Making Good Investments
Students compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
Curated OER
A Penny for Your Thoughts
Pupils collect pennies to donate to Kiwanis International for their international effort to buy salt for children's bone development. They calculate the amount of money donated, calculate how many children will receive salt, and write a...
Curated OER
Review for the Algebra One SOLs
Young scholars review the standards for Algebra I. Using the text, they discover two problems that match each standard and solve them showing all steps on paper. They create a PowerPoint slide for each problem and go through the...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students explore fact families. In this math activity, students use links to model a fact family. Students solve addition and subtraction problems.
Curated OER
Circles and Clocks, Shapes and Time
Students work in groups to research clocks and practice telling time. In this telling time lesson, students use the computer program ProQuest to study circles, including radius and diameter, and practice drawing circles using a compass....
Curated OER
Virtual Field Trip/ Gasoline Cost
Students complete a word problem to determine the cost of gasoline per mile of their virtual field trip. They determine the travel time and gasoline costs for two routes and record the information on a data sheet. They check their work...
Curated OER
How Many Months?
Young scholars investigate the first Peter the Mint Eagle, who lived at the Philadelphia Mint from 1830 to 1836. They determine how many months Peter was there and use pictures, numbers, equations, and/or words to explain how they came...
Curated OER
Mixed Expressions and Complex Fractions
Students are introduced to mixed expressions and complex fractions. They work through several problems with the instructor and then complete a worksheet.
Curated OER
Virtual Field Trip: Lodging and Meals
Students calculate the costs for lodging and meals for a virtual field trip. They calculate the number of nights lodging needed for road and city travel and the number of meals needed, the costs for each, and input the data using...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Mental Math for Multiplication/division Equations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use mental math to solve and check single-variable equations
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Mental Math for Multiplication/division Equations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Solve single variable multiplication and division equations by using mental math
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Mental Math for Addition and Subtraction Equations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Solve single variable addition and subtraction equations by using mental math
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Mental Math for Addition and Subtraction Equations
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use a real world example to solve single variable equations mentally. Click challenge me to answer a practice question and click learn more to watch a video.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Mental Math for Multiplication/ Division Equations
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students practice solving equations with multiplication and division. Click challenge me to answer a practice question and click learn more to watch a video.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Add and Subtract Fractions Word Problems
Practice solving fraction addition and subtraction word problems. The fractions in these problems have unlike denominators. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Add and Subtract Fractions: Word Problems
In this exercise, students practice adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.