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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number Sense

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice rounding 4 digit numbers using place value concepts. In this estimating sums and differences lesson, 1st graders explore clustering, rounding, and front end estimation as methods for rounding decimals.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Distributions—Center, Shape, and Spread

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Data starts to tell a story when it takes shape. Learners describe skewed and symmetric data. They then use the graphs to estimate mean and standard deviation. 
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Activity
Under the Dome

The Candy Bowl

For Students 2nd Standards
Wonder how many pieces of candy a teacher can eat. Pupils watch a video of candy in a bowl as some candy is removed to be eaten and others are added. Learners devise questions about the situation along with estimated solutions. Scholars...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Estimating with Decimals

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this decimal worksheet, students estimate sums, differences, products or quotients in a set of 35 decimal problems. Text pages are given, but text name is not included.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Estimating Fractions

For Students 6th - 7th
In this estimating fractions worksheet, students solve 20 various problems that include estimation in each. They estimate the sum or difference in each of the problems shown on the sheet. Students calculate each mixed number into a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mental Math Counts

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils use mental math. They describe reasonable and unreasonable sums and differences. Students use mental math to find the sums and differences of addition and subtraction facts at random. They solve addition and subtraction facts...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Sense and Operations

For Students 5th
In this number sense and operations worksheet, 5th graders solve 17 different types of problems that include estimation and determining the exact answer of an equation. First, they determine the sum of two numbers closest to one listed....
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Estimation Station: Why Estimating is Better than Guessing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Youngsters discover the difference between estimating and guessing. They estimate how many items are contained in a jar as they read a story. After the story, pupils discover the differences between estimating and guessing and create a...
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Printables
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 2 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 3)

For Teachers 3rd
A set of third grade math vocabulary cards include topics that range from addition properties to terms like estimate and fact family. Each sheet has two cards on it. The top half is the word printed in bold text, while the bottom is the...
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Assessment
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California Education Partners

John's Trip Disneyland

For Students 5th Standards
It all adds up to one. Pupils solve several items that involve finding sums of fractions in relationship to a whole. The assessment task uses fractions with unlike denominators to determine the amount of a tank of gas and the amount of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Estimating and Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore the concepts of estimating and rounding. In this estimating and rounding lesson, students play a game of tic-tac-toe. Learners pick items and must estimate their cost by rounding. Students estimate the costs of pretend...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Bear Factory Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
By examining a set of dice roll data, statisticians determine the probability of different sums occurring. They visit an interactive website and determine how many different vacation outfits Bobbie Bear will have based on the colored...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Problems

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with need strategies for computation of money problems and estimating sums. In this computation lesson, 2nd graders solve real life problems to understand estimation and money problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Least Squares

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this least squares activity, students solve 6 different problems that include the least squares of numbers. First, they plot 3 points on the axes shown and draw in their best approximating line. Then, students estimate the slope and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Operations with Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Complete a lesson plan that introduces and explores operations with fractions and decimals. Pupils estimate the reasonableness of a decimal computation. Then discuss what operation is needed to find an answer. Handouts, web sources, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Representing Numbers Using Scientific Notation

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Learners explore the concept of scientific notation. In this scientific notation lesson, mathematicians discuss how multiplying by a power of 10 affects the decimal. They play Powers of 10 Yahtzee. Students roll a die five times and each...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparison of Two Different Gender Sports Teams - Part 1 of 3 Measures of Central Tendency

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students gather and analyze data from sports teams. In this measures of central tendency lesson, students gather information from websites about sports team performance. Students analyze and draw conclusions from this data. This lesson...
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Lesson Plan
Rational Number Project

Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 18: Overview

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Develop young mathematicians' ability to compare fractions with investigation into the number 1/2. After brainstorming a list of fractions equivalent to 1/2, children identify a pattern in the numerators and denominators that allows them...
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Worksheet
Mathed Up!

Estimation

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Reinforce estimation and the four operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—with eight page, 15 problem independent practice exercise.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Go Shopping: Estimation At The Mall

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students estimate the total cost of a shopping trip. In this estimation lesson, students use three different techniques to estimate how much a shopping trip will cost.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Extra Review

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
In this quadratic formula worksheet, students solve and complete 22 different types of problems. First, they solve each equation by completing the square and applying the quadratic formula. Then, students graph each function provided and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money: Count Pennies, Save a Dollar

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students determine how to make the largest sum of money using the least amount of coins. In this mixed currency lesson, students listen to a reading of If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz before participating in money counting...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Estimating Solutions to Word Problems

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore number sense by completing word problems in class. In this estimation lesson, 4th graders define terms such as sum, difference, estimate and best. Students complete estimating worksheets based on the concept of...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Estimating and Rounding-Pretest Questions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this estimating and rounding instructional activity, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Students may click on a link for answers or to print page.