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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 5: Overview

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students demonstrate fraction symbols. In this fractions lesson, students use paper strips to represent various fractions. Students then use fraction circles to compare various given fractions.
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 19: Overview

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners read different scenarios and discuss how to add fractions. in this addition of fractions lesson plan, students learn how to add unlike fractions and practice 4 problems.
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Fraction Clue Box

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students distinguish between proper and improper fractions. They create a "Character Clue Box" that represents a fraction. Fractions are picked from a hat and then groups go outside and search for items that represent their fraction....
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Using Inequalities to Problem Solve

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore inequalities. In this Algebra I lesson, students solve and graph linear inequalities involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.  Students use inequalities to solve and graph real-world problems.
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Fraction Facts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of fractions. In this fractions lesson, students perform basic operations such as addition and subtraction with fractions. Students play a game on the computer called 'Fraction Four' that gives students...
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Operations for Problem-Solving

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine a problem and develop the best method to arrive at the solution. In this math lesson, students apply basic math skills by coming up with the correct steps to solve a word problem. ...
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate modular clock arithmetic and cryptography. They perform basic operations in modular (clock) arithmetic and encode and decode messages using simple shift and affine ciphers.
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Add & Subtract Fractions w/Unlike Denominators, 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners use several examples to create a method for adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. They present these methods to the class and then practice applying methods to sample problems.
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of modular arithmetic and cryptography. In this modular arithmetic and cryptography lesson plan, students use applets to explore modular arithmetic using a clock and Caesar Ciphers. Students exchange their...
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Tangram Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore tangram puzzles. In this tangram fraction lesson, students read Grandfather Tang and then practice solving tangram puzzles. Young scholars identify fractions of the pieces of the tangram puzzles and then create a...
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Using Integers to Show Differences

For Students 5th - 7th
In this integer worksheet, students use integers to show differences in temperatures by solving 7 short word problems. They find the differences in 7 more equations.
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Using Integers To Show Differences

For Students 5th - 7th
In this working with integers worksheet, students determine the change in temperature in each of 8 problems using integers. They use an integer line to find the differences in 5 problems.
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Are You a Radical or Just a Square Root?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover that the inverse of squaring is finding a square root. and that square roots are found in many formulas used in many disciplines. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan that gives them quite a bit of...
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When Are We Ever Going to USE This MATH?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in discussion of various occupations and learn where math fits into the scheme of things. They are diagnostically assessed to determine proficiency in computer, writing, and problem-solving mathematical skills set...
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Introduction to Fractions on the Numberline

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use color-cued fraction strips and a color-cued numberline to develop basic fraction concepts and correct sequencing. They complete a worksheet using equivalent fractions to solve the problems.
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Modular Arithmetic

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate modular arithmetic and how to use it to solve real world problems. In this modular arithmetic lesson, students use computers to work on modular arithmetic after a teacher guided lesson. They complete guided practice...
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Where's the Math?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create an original math problem with a detailed solution key relative to their chosen career fields.
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What Does Percent Have to Do With It?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders go shopping for a real life experience involving percent. They explore the concepts of sales tax and discount prices.
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Does the Decimal Point Really Make a Difference?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the decimal dilemma and discover major math mistakes in the real world with cheeseburgers advertised for .99 cents each or colas for .89 cents each.
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Rising and Falling Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore outcomes from the conversion of fractions to decimals in stock market quotes and explore fluctuating interest rates using an amortization calculator.
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What Language Do You Speak?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson based on a game and is to be played in groups. A card be drawn from a deck. On this card is a verbal description of a mathematical statement. They use worksheets imbedded in this lesson which give...
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Searching The Word

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review EOG math terms and definitions found in their math notebooks, and pick between 15 and 20 words to put in a word search.
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Using Integers

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Given nine clues, investigators write down a positive or negative integer that represents the scenario. Then they compare pairs of integers and identify which is less or which is greater according to specified directions. This is a...
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Fractions in the Kitchen

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use the World Wide Web for research, identify fractions found in everyday life by finding a recipe that uses fractions.

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