Illustrative Mathematics
Pick Two
Learning to break apart numbers into smaller pairs is a critical step young mathematicians take as they develop their number sense. To practice this skill, children are provided with sets of three numbers and are asked to pick the two...
Illustrative Mathematics
Shake and Spill
Entertaining as well as educational, this math activity about decomposing numbers is bound to capture the engagement of young learners. Given a cup and five two-color counters, young mathematicians simply shake and spill the cup,...
Inside Mathematics
Number Towers
Number towers use addition or multiplication to ensure each level is equal. While this is common in factoring, it is often not used with algebraic equations. Solving these six questions relies on problem solving skills and being able to...
Curated OER
Odd Or Even Sums
Build strong number sense through pattern recognition. Learners investigate whether the sum of each problem will be odd or even if they add certain combinations of numbers together. They complete 12 problems, adding odd+odd, odd+even, or...
NTTI
Putting Together Ten
Groups explore sets of 10 items in two varieties (i.e. 3 white buttons and 7 black ones, or 5 bears and 5 bunnies). They brainstorm about their objects, write math sentences to represent what they have, and report their discoveries to...
Curated OER
Adding Up
Make addition visual in order to help beginners understand the concept. They add up beads on a string, examining an example before trying it on their own. Learners fill in addends and sums for these, and sometimes both. Although...
Curated OER
Learning Styles in Math
Students discover which learning style works best for them in a math setting. In this math comprehension lesson, students create different combinations of numbers that equal the sum of 11. Students determine if they are better visual,...
Curated OER
Two of Everything
Students listen to story Two of Everything, illustrate coins they would put into the Magic Pot using paper and pencil, and solve Magic Pot riddles by viewing slide show and predicting coin totals. Students then create table listing...
Illustrative Mathematics
A Bobbie Bear's Buttons
Young mathematicians help Bobbie Bear pick colored buttons out of a box as they learn how to decompose numbers less than 10 into pairs of smaller numbers. To support young scholars with the process, consider creating a worksheet or...
Curated OER
Negative Numbers Practice Sheet
Fourth and Fifth graders should benefit from this negative and positive number addition worksheet. There are 90 problems to solve; each has a negative number plus a positive number. There are also a few subtraction problems sprinkled in...
Curated OER
Developing Strategies for Addition and Subtraction
Primary graders develop strategies to assist them with addition and subtraction. They discover number combinations and numerical facts which enable them to add and subtract more effectively. Students use these techniques to complete...
Carstens Studios
Math Doodles
Discover the joy and excitement of improving your math fluency through four different puzzles. Combine those with 25 different ways to represent numbers and you have hours of enjoyment that can be fun outside of the classroom as well.
Arcademics
Spider Match
Create a web of integers. Individuals play an online game as spiders. Pupils find two integers with a sum to a target number displayed in the center of a web. The player with the most combinations at the end of the time wins.
CK-12 Foundation
Pascal's Triangle: Pyramid Blocks
Build a pyramid of sums. An interactive presents the first five rows of Pascal's Triangle as a pyramid. Pupils match missing entries in the pyramid and continue the pattern to determine entries of other rows. The learners use the entries...
Curated OER
Ten Little Black Dots
Second graders use black and red construction paper to symbolize different one digit numbers that add up to 10. In this sums to 10 lesson plan, 2nd graders discover different combinations and patterns that can lead them to the number 10.
Curated OER
Data Analysis and Probability Race to the Finish
Students practice addition facts, record data, and construct a bar graph. In this probability instructional activity, students participate in a board game in which bicycles move towards a finish line based on players completing addition...
Texas Instruments
Exploring the Binomial Theorem
A comprehensive lesson that explores and researches Pascal's triangle and relates its properties to the Binomial Theorem through a variety of lessons. Have the class practice expanding polynomials using the theorem. A few other formulas...
Curated OER
M & M Addition
Eat your math manipulatives, are you serious? Yup, Learners listen to the story The M & M's Addition book, add single digit numbers to reach sums up to six, and demonstrate addition and subtraction number combinations using several...
Curated OER
The Hot Dog Stand: Combinations
In this combination worksheet, students rearrange integers to determine the number of combinations that can be made from given numbers. This one-page worksheet contains one combination problem.
Curated OER
Subset Sum
Young scholars explore the concept of exponential growth. In this exponential growth lesson, students solve a problem about ensuring fairness in a Tug-of-War. Young scholars determine which students should be on a team to ensure that...
Curated OER
Two Numbers to Make a Deal
For this addition worksheet, students figure out 2 different ways to arrive at the same sum using double-digit numbers. Students find combinations for the sums of 30, 41, 52, 45 and 60.
New Mexico State University
Monster School Bus
Load up the bus. Pupils play a game where they control a bus to pick up a certain number of monsters for school. Learners develop strategies to make sure they have a full load and score the most rewards. As scholars work through the...
Bob Prior
The Order of Operations
Your learners use many different number representations like positive and negative integers, exponents, radicals, and combinations of operations as they learn and strengthen their use of the order of operations. Thoughtfully organized to...
CCSS Math Activities
Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Claim 3
Communication is the key. A presentation provides 25 sample items for Claim 3, Communicating Reasoning, for the Smarter Balanced High School Math assessment. Items require pupils to answer the question and provide logical reasoning to...