T. Smith Publishing
Estimate Products of Mixed Numbers
Practice, practice, practice! There are 35 problems to solve on this handout, all of them involving the multiplication of mixed numbers. Although the publisher has tagged it as designed for several Common Core standards, there are no...
Curated OER
Sea Ice: Cracking the Egg Code
Students study the egg code to learn about sea ice. In this sea ice lesson, students discuss and view a diagram to learn about the egg code when describing sea ice and its thickness. Students work in groups to play a game using the egg...
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Buying a Car
Young scholars complete the PLATO ¿¿ Educational Software lesson: Math Problem Solving: Car Costs to determine if he/she can afford to drive the car they are planning to buy.
Curated OER
Graphing Family Reading Habits
Second graders collect data from their families about their reading habits and graph them. In this graphing family reading habits lesson, 2nd graders interview family members about their reading habits. They then use a graphing computer...
Curated OER
Alphabet & Number Books for Young Children
First graders create either an alphabet or number book using Kid Pix software. In this alphabet and/or number unit, 1st graders design a themed alphabet and/or number book using the Kid Pix software over the course of three weeks....
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Store Wide Sale
Students practice figuring percentages by solving written shopping problems. In this consumer math lesson plan, students read several scenarios dealing with items on sale and must figure out the new price. Students check...
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Eating on a Budget
Students are "given" $25.00 to spend at a restaurant. Using the Internet, they must "order" a complete 4 course meal while staying within their budget.
Curated OER
Words, Words, Words
Second graders choose estimation strategies in real-world problem situations and explain the choice. They work in groups of five using three different estimation methods to find out how many words are on a page of text.
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Wings and Othe Things
Young scholars work in groups that are engaged in different activities at different times. They watch the video "Madagascar" and collect data pertaining to the Fish Eagle's arm spam. They work together to perform mathematical...
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Reversing Numbers
Second graders solve a math word problem involving the addition of two digit numbers. They discuss the problem as a class, independently explore the problem, and discuss as a class the solution and how they organized their reversed...
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Buying My First Car
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
Curated OER
Measuring Angles
Third graders describe an amount of turn from a particular position to another using the 'circular' benchmarks of 0, ++, ++, ++, and full turn. Estimation language such as 'just about', 'between', 'not quite', 'just over', and similar...
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Marshmallows
Third graders estimate the volume and mass of one marshmallow using appropriate standard units. They design and carry out an investigation to find the average of volume/mass of one marshmallow.
Curated OER
Jobs and Salaries
In this economics instructional activity, high schoolers look for the budgets and go through the practical activities of maintaining a monthly expense sheet.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Rounding Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Use Glencoe's self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of rounding fractions and mixed numbers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem, and click the "Check It" button to how you did.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Product Estimation With Mixed Numbers/fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Estimate products and quotients of fractions and mixed numbers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fraction Rounding to the Nearest Half
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Round given fractions to the nearest half.
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.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Fractions and Decimals
Explore fractions and decimals with Tony at the baseball field through these leveled learning exercises.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Estimating With Fraction Operations
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of estimating with fraction operations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the...
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...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Estimating Sums and Differences of Fractions Calculator
Estimate sums and differences for positive proper fractions, n/d (numerator/denominator). Use rounding to estimate answers when adding or subtracting proper fractions.
The Math League
The Math League: Fractions
This tutorial covers all types of fractions with simple explanations on how to work with them.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Quotient Estimation With Mixed Numbers/fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students estimate quotients of fractions and mixed numbers using benchmarks and rounding. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...