Noyce Foundation
Rabbit Costumes
How many rabbit costumes can be made? This is the focus question of an activity that requires scholars to use multiplication and division of fractions to solve a real-world problem. They determine the amount of fabric necessary for eight...
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Transportation Math
Students recognize math problems within stories. In this consumer math lesson, students discover clues to solve math problems within written story problems. Students complete the story problems on a worksheet.
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Linking Addition and Multiplication
For this math worksheet, students will read several sentences about how addition and multiplication are related. Then students will read a story and complete the 5 corresponding word problems.
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Learning to Hate Math
Give your class a different kind of reading assignment with the text included here. Anne Miller's essay "Learning to Hate Mathematics" details a hatred of math that grew from early childhood and still haunts the author today. After...
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Multiplication Word Problems One Version 2
Our friends Kimberly, Ronald, and Gerald all go to the store. Miniature mathematicians multiply to find out how many items each of our friends bought. These straightforward word problems all involve multiplying numbers between one...
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Learning the Multiplication Facts - Part 2
The teaching of multiplication facts is the focus of this presentation. The author conveys a variety of "tricks" in the presentation which are meant to help students remember their times tables. To me, the "tricks" are rather confusing,...
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Multiplication Rule: Complements and Conditional Probability
In this probability worksheet, learners read story problems and set up complement and conditional probability problems according to the multiplication rule. Three story problems are included on this worksheet.
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Sunshine Math - 3
In this mixed review math worksheet, students answer 1 multiple choice question using logical reasoning. Then students answer 1 fill in the blank problem on probability. Next, students answer 1 fill in the blank question on place...
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Sunshine Math- 3
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied word and story problems. Included are greater than/less than, multiplication and division, perimeter, patterns and money.
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Multiplying With Nine As A Factor
Elementary math minds complete various activities to memorize the multiples of nine. They watch a PowerPoint presentation and demonstrate the finger trick. Unfortunately the link to the multiplication activities does not take you...
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Introduction to Exponents
Problem solve using exponents. Pupils read One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale and write powers to represent amounts from the story.They compare actual solutions to their predictions and play a game to practice using exponents.
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Gingerbread Man Chain
Plan ahead with a holiday-themed math word problem. Pupils read a description of a gingerbread chain, including measurements and connections, and decide how long the chain should be to cover the top and bottom of a 72 inch bulletin board.
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Multiply Whole Numbers and Decimals
In this decimals worksheet, students analyze the data on a table and then read and solve 6 problems. Students read the story problems and multiply a decimal number by a whole number to solve.
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Gingerbread Multiplication
In this math learning exercise, students practice multiplication by ten as they solve 20 story and picture problems with a gingerbread man theme.
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Modeling Division of Fractions
Introduce young mathematicians to the process of dividing fractions with a hands-on math lesson. Using the help of fraction strips and other visual models, children work through a series of example problems as they deepen their...
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Summer Bridge Activities
Youngsters start by writing a story about going to outer space. They then solve math word problems, match words to their correct meaning by using a dictionary, solve multiplication and division problems, and add the correct prefixes and...
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Multiplication Stories
Second graders solve various multiplication math word problems involving cars and people, fish and fish bowls, and tables and table legs. They write and solve multiplication story problems related to whole numbers, addition, subtraction,...
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Multiplication and Division - Number Story
Students solve a number story. In this mathematics lesson, students create a division or multiplication number story on Wiki. Students solve the number story that a classmate has written.
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Easter Multiplication Problems
In this Easter multiplication practice worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to multiply.
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Multiplication: Sentences
In this early childhood multiplication practice worksheet, students solve 5 story problems that require them to write multiplication sentences.
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Leveled Problem Solving Equations and Mental Math
For this equations and mental math practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Multiplication and Division Grouping
Fifth graders rotate through six math stations to solve a variety of story problems involving multiplication and division. They observe a demonstration of how to do multiplication and division using grouping, then solve the story...
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Don't Eat the Crayons: Real-Life Multiplication
Third graders use items which come in sets to look for real-life multiples and write multiplication problems. This instructional activity assess the student's understanding of the meaning of multiplication using an array model and...
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Transportation Math
Students use mathematical operations to examine truck drivers and the math they use everyday. In this transportation math lesson, students read word problems that relate to transportation and the math needed to solve the word problems....