CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Small Decimal Rounding to a Leading Digit
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use leading digits to estimate decimal products and quotients. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Estimating a Sum by Rounding
Use rounding to estimate the answer to an addition problem in this online game. As you play the game, running totals of correct and incorrect answers and your score are displayed.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Subtraction Using Estimation
This site explains how to estimate differences by rounding. Games and exercises are provided to practice the skill.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Decimal Addition Using Front End Estimation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use front-end estimation to estimate decimal sums
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Introduction to Estimating
A slideshow exploring the importance of using estimating in calculations in life situations and in physics. Understand how estimating in physics can help you see if your calculated answer is correct or not.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Estimating Up, Up and How Far Away?
Use this cleaver site to estimate how far away a hot air balloon is from you using your thumb and arm length.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Estimating With Rational Numbers
In this activity, students will round fractions and mixed numbers, and then use their rounding skills to estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Decimal Subtraction Using Front End Estimation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Estimate decimal differences using front-end estimation
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Estimating Fraction Sums and Differences
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of estimating sums and differences. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Estimating Percentages
The mathematics tutorial examines how to estimate percentages using shortcuts. Students learn about the concept through notes, examples, and practice problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Estimate and Compare Meters and Centimeters? (Grade 4)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This site offers four videos and a set of practice questions on estimating and comparing meters and centimeters using images and descriptions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Estimating Capacity Using Water Metric Units
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice estimating capacity using metric units.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Estimating Capacity Using Water (Metric Units)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must estimate how much water is needed for a task, using metric units of capacity. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem...
Other
Explore Learning: Estimating Population Size
Adjust the number of fish in a lake to be tagged and the number of fish to be recaptured. Use the number of tagged fish in the catch to estimate the number of fish in the lake. (Free usage is limited to five minutes per day.)
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments:how to Measure the Height of a Tree
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This part...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Comparison Estimator
Use this applet to practice your estimating skills comparing length, area, counting or a random sampling of those topics. You can also adjust the difficulty and the precision needed. The applet also lets you know how close you are to the...
NumberNut
Number Nut: Estimate and Round Why Is This Important?
Problem solving will become a little easier when you understand the concepts of estimation and rounding. Explore how these concepts are used in mathematics and real world applications. Detailed examples and links to related games...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Estimating the Area of a Circle: Lesson 4
This lesson explains how triangles and parallelograms can be used to estimate the area of a circle. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Estimating the Area of a Circle."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Estimating the Area of a Circle: Lesson 3
This lesson explains how triangles and parallelograms can be used to estimate the area of a circle. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Estimating the Area of a Circle."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Order of Magnitude
This slide show presentation introduces the concept of order-of-magnitude, and how it is used to estimate large values in physics.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Estimate Mass (Grams and Kilograms)
Practice estimating the mass of real life objects using grams and kilograms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Games Estimating Angles
Use this game to improve your ability to create an angle with a specific number of degrees. You can set the angles to the size you want on this game. Just follow the instructions below it!
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Estimate Rounding
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan to review rounding, estimation, and computation.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Square Roots (Object Interactive)
Explore a set of perfect squares, as well as their square roots using this highly interactive math resource. In addition, students will get to look at estimates of the square roots of non-perfect squares. Printable activities, solutions,...