West Contra Costa Unified School District
Writing Exponential Functions Based on Data
Give your class a concrete example of exponential growth and decay using this hands-on activity. These Algebra II lessons allow for the exploration of exponential growth and decay models, as well as the discovery of the patterns of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Sports Equipment Set
Many students like to play sports and the equipment that goes with it costs money. The resource sets up an inequality that gives a total amount needed to purchase the equipment and the initial amount of money already obtained. In order...
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Fractions: A Conceptual Approach
If you are teaching fractions to elementary learners this year, this Singapore Math presentation is essential to your curriculum. It addresses several basic fractions concepts in conceptual terms and figures, making each idea accessible...
K12 Reader
In Danger of Extinction
What happens when a species becomes extinct? Sharpen your reading skills with a passage about how koalas have gotten close to being an endangered species.
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Arrays Hooray
Second graders write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. They solve multiplication problems by using strategies other than counting all. They interpret and solve...
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Problem Solving-Number Bonds
In this problem solving with number bonds worksheet, students use addition and subtraction to create number bonds and solve problems.
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Doubles Plus One
In this early childhood addition and subtraction activity, students solve 6 math story problems that require them to add doubles plus 1.
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Roman Numeral Math
Students solve math problems using Roman numerals. In this roman numerals lesson, students use suggested websites to develop an understanding of Roman numerals and solve simple addition equations. Students create a chart of Roman...
Fuel the Brain
Addition With Three Addends
Now that your youngsters have mastered three-digit addition, it could be time to advance their addition skills and give them a challenge. By having three addends, this might be a little bit challenging, but these story problems are...
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Brain Booster: Estimation and Repeated Addition
In this daily math problem worksheet, students complete three activities that help use estimation and solve problems with repeated addition. Students show their work using pictures, numbers, or words and may use cubes, number lines or...
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Let's Play Ball
In this probability worksheet, students read about a group of students who play six games of basketball and the results. Students solve 6 word problems about the basketball games.
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Codebreaker Math
Students solve addition and subtraction problems and decipher and write messages using a code. They read and discuss an informational fact sheet about the Navajo code talkers from World War II, and decode and re-code messages using math...
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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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Math Cross--Puzzle #28
For this hours/minutes and rounding worksheet, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve the answers to twenty-eight math problems involving addition, subtraction and multiplication in connection with time and rounding numbers.
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Transportation Math
Learners use mathematical operations to examine truck drivers and the math they use everyday. In this transportation math instructional activity, students read word problems that relate to transportation and the math needed to solve the...
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The Part-Adder 2
Third graders use mental-math strategies to solve two-digit plus two-digit addition problems. They observe and discuss online demonstrations, solve word problems as a class, and independently solve problems and describe their solutions...
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Pipe Music With Decimals
Students discuss strategies for solving problems with decimals. They find the sum of problems through recognizing place value and by practicing adding numbers both vertically and horizontally. They read and solve real life word...
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Regroup Ones and Tens
In this problem solving activity, students analyze the information on a data table about the sizes of bears. Students use the table to solve 4 problems in which addition with regrouping twice is used.
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Bicycle Ride
Second graders observe and demonstrate how to add and subtract three-digit numbers as they relate to word problems. They discuss an annual bike ride in Iowa, and solve problems on an activity sheet along with the teacher. Students draw a...
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Find a Pattern: Problem-Solving
In this finding patterns worksheet, students read the word problem about costume costs and study the graph. Students then follow the steps of understand, plan, solve, and look back to find the pattern.
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Relate Addition and Subtraction
In this early childhood addition and subtraction worksheet, students solve 6 math story problems that help them see the relationship between adding and subtracting.
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Find a Pattern: Problem Solving
For this finding patterns worksheet, students use the problem solving strategy of understand, plan, solve, and look back to help them find the pattern in the swimming distances numbers. Students use the pattern to help them solve the...
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Focus on Problem-Solving: Explain Your Answer: Problem Solving
In this explaining answers instructional activity, students read the word problem about a passenger helicopter and its speed abilities. Students use the understand, plan, solve, and look back method to solve the problem and then explain...
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Correct number sentence
In this addition instructional activity, students find the correct number sentence for an addition word problem containing one digit numbers. Students have 3 number sentences to choose from for 1 problem.