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Estimate Weight or Volume

For Students 5th
In this estimation with weight and volume worksheet, 5th graders solve and complete 6 problems that include estimating objects. First, they determine which item illustrated weighs more. Then, students determine which figure illustrated...
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Estimate Fractions Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
For this fraction estimation worksheet, students complete eight problems where they estimate the fractions to the nearest whole number. The fractions on the worksheet are mixed and improper.
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Estimate the Improper Fractions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fraction estimation worksheet, learners estimate seven improper fractions to the nearest whole number. There is an answer sheet included.
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Estimate the Mixed Fractions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fraction estimation worksheet, students estimate seven mixed fractions to the nearest whole number. There is an answer sheet included.
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Five Second Dash

For Teachers K - 6th
Students estimate how far they can run, jump, or hop in five seconds, then check their prediction.  For this estimation lesson, student predict how far they can run, hop, or jump in five seconds and then try it.
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Board Game

For Students 4th - 6th
In this estimation worksheet, students roll dice and land on spaces in this Zombie Board Game and round the 3 digit number to the nearest one hundred. Students complete 30 problems.
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Build a Cardboard Bridge That Can Hold Potatoes

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify the characteristics of a bridge and build with junk materials.  In this bridge building lesson plan, students use cereal boxes, paper towel or toilet paper tubes and tape to create their bridges.  Bridges...
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Customary Units of Length

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this customary length learning exercise, students solve 4 problems where they must choose the better estimate of length. Students solve 12 problems where they must compare, convert and order customary lengths.
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Estimation and Significant Figures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the importance of significant figures through measuring and estimating. In this estimation and significant figures lesson plan, students measure pieces of paper and round their figures to the nearest marking on the...
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How Big is a Breath?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students demonstrate how to use math skills to measure their lung capacity. In this human biology lesson, students use a clear plastic container, measuring cup and rubber balloons to demonstrate how the lungs work. Students estimate the...
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Estimating the Live Mass of Dinosaurs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers estimate the live mass of dinosaurs. Using dinosaur and modern animal models, students use simple displacement methods to calculate the volume of the models. They calculate the masses of each model. High schoolers...
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Guesstimate

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students estimate large quantities. They first practice estimating beans in a tub. They solve a large scale problem using one method of estimating they learned while watching the video, "Eddie Files".
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Estimate, Then Calculate

For Students 4th - 5th
In this multiplication estimating worksheet, students solve 40 problems in which products of two digits are estimated, then calculated. This page is intended as an online activity, but may be completed on paper.
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Menu Mania

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of estimating by watching a video, and discussing the strategies for estimation. They estimate the costs for various menu items, then calculate the exact amount spent.
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Design an Apartment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.
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Language Arts: What's My Line?

For Teachers K
Students discover how to employ number lines by estimating the number of tiles in a jar. After writing their estimates on sticky notes, they place them in order on a number line mat. Included in the activity are various activities and...

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