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Curated OER

How Much?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
It's time to go back over all that your class has learned about decimals, fractions, and percentages! To do so, individuals solve story problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with decimals, explain how...
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Curated OER

Developing the Concept: Proportions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students solve problems with proportions. In this proportions lesson, students solve word problems as they learn about how to set up formulas for solving proportions. Students then solve problems using proportions.
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Curated OER

Introducing the Concept: Percents

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the math concept of percents. For this percents lesson, students examine visual examples of the relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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Curated OER

Order of Operations

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this order of operations worksheet, students solve problems that include all four operations, parenthesis, square roots, and more. Students complete 50 problems.
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Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders solve and complete 2 different problems that include a number of other possibilities. First, they draw a marble as stated for each out of a sack of marbles and determine the probability of getting that particular marble....
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Curated OER

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Help math learners discover how to multiply fractions and mixed numbers. They will explore visual examples of the operations. They also practice solving problems that their instructor models.
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Curated OER

Arithmetic and Order of Operations Review

For Teachers 8th - 9th
For this algebra worksheet, students solve 26 computation review problems. Problems include operations with fractions, decimals and exponents, and order of operations.
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Curated OER

Pizzas And Things

For Teachers 1st
First graders problem solve using the concepts of doubling and halving numbers as previews for finding multiples and working with fractions. They determine how to find half of a set of objects and work with sums up to 16. They work with...
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Curated OER

The Meaning of Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this fractions worksheet, students complete different kinds of fraction problems. Students complete 50 problems total where they solve, shade, and put numbers into a chart.
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Curated OER

Tantalizing Tangrams: Fractional Relationships

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use tangrams to represent parts of a whole. In this fraction lesson, students use tangrams to determine fractional relationships between different pieces. Students use the AppleWorks drawing application to demonstrate the...
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Curated OER

Birthday Cakes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use basic multiplication and division facts to find simple fractions of an amount. Independently they complete a worksheet of birthday cake problems, solving the fraction problems by drawing a picture to illustrate each cake...
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Curated OER

Fraction Strips: Adding Fractions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders problem solve using fraction strips. For this adding fractions lesson, 3rd graders create fraction strips to help identify fractional sizes (fourths, eighths, thirds) and to solve word problems.
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Curated OER

Sharing is Caring

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sharpen their problem solving skills. In this service learning lesson, students work collaboratively to solve a problem involving scarcity.
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Curated OER

Math Maven Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students solve fraction mysteries.  In this fractions instructional activity, students read Math Maven's Mysteries and use problem-solving and critical thinking skills to solve the mysteries. 
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Waste Not Want Not

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to the need to save natural resources. Through inquiry, hands-on activities, and problem solving, students increase their understanding of solid waste materials and the need to reduce, recycle, and reuse.
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Investigating Area Using Tangrams

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders connect the history of geometry to problem solving. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders investigate polygons through hands on manipulatives and solve problems relating to parallelograms and triangles. They calculate the...
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Curated OER

The Science of Color

For Teachers K - 5th
Students use the scientific method to explore how to make different colors with paint. They problem solve ways to darken and lighten colors without using black and white paint. Students hypothesize how to create new colors, and describe...
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The One

For Teachers 4th
For this problem solving worksheet, 4th graders utilize counters or pennies to learn about the parts of a whole in 4 groups of 3 circles that equal 12 counters.
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Curated OER

"NSN, Fractions, Percents, Ratios, Rates" Investigations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in an investigation about the concepts related to fractions. They read, represent, compare, and order proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers. They demonstrate an understanding of relationships involving...
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Virginia Department of Education

Modeling Multiplication of Fractions

For Teachers 6th
Multiply your understanding of multiplying fractions. A short lesson teaches pupils how to multiply fractions. By using fraction models, they get a better understanding of the concept.
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Froot Loops to the Max - 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Froot Loops to the max worksheet, middle schoolers complete and solve 5 problems related to a box of Froot Loops cereal. First, they determine how many of each color is represented in the box of Froot Loops. Then, students...
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Introduction to Decimals

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young math whizzes complete the online instruction, then solve 20 problems about identifying decimals, comparing decimals and fractions and ordering decimals.
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Missouri Department of Elementary

My Conflict Shield

For Teachers 8th Standards
As an exercise in self-awareness and improvement, class members create a Conflict Shield listing 12 skills they believe are the most useful in conflict resolution. They then color the ones they have mastered while leaving uncolored those...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Christo’s Building

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Hook your charges on how to solve a real-world art problem with mathematics by showing works of Christo. You can find eye-catching images on the Christo and Jeanne Claude webpage. Here, math learners help Jean Claude and Christo prepare...