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A Financial Flower Garden

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that use the special State Quarters as a learning tool. This one uses the Mississippi State Quarter. During this lesson, pupils learn about the variety of state flowers that represent...
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Tricky Triangles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the playing of a Trick Triangle Game while focusing upon developing skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They play the game and practice...
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E3 Practice Assessment - Pets

For Students 3rd
In this assessment learning exercise, 3rd graders complete eight pages of math assessment. Students solve problems related to money and a bar graph. Students solve word problems involving rounding and computation.
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Estimating Area

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, after being given a variety of word problems to solve, find patterns to solving 3 out of 4 times. They break it down into smaller parts 3 out of 4 times and tell the method of solving 3 out of 4 times. Students complete...
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Estimating Volumes Of Household Containers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in a the estimation of volume for household containers and focus upon the usage of the metric system. They practice identifying the shapes that seem familiar and match shapes with quantities. Students interact with others...
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Round-Nearest Ten, Hundred and Ten Thousand

For Students 4th - 5th
In this rounding worksheet, students use a number line to help round given numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and ten thousand. 
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What is the connection between rice and estimation?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate estimating. In this estimating lesson, 6th graders estimate how much rice is eaten around the world. Students estimate the percentages of rice eaten by other countries. Students compare rice production to other...
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Round to the Nearest Ten Thousand

For Students 4th - 6th
In this rounding instructional activity, learners round a set of 10 numbers to the nearest ten thousand, then answer 4 related rounding questions. Answers are included on page 2.
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Place Value

For Students 4th - 5th
In this rounding and place value worksheet, students solve 50 problems in which the value of specified digits is worked out. Students round numbers to different places up to the hundred thousands. This page is intended as an online...
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Estimating Products

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students round numbers to their leading digit. They multiply the results to find the estimation of the exact answer. Students estimate and then find the exact answer on six problems.
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Enough for Everybody: Division

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study division. For this math lesson, students arrange manipulatives into equal groups. Students discuss the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Estimate Division Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this estimating division practice learning exercise, students solve 8 problems that require them to estimate the division by rounding the numbers in the problems to the nearest 10.
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Estimate and Check

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this estimation worksheet, students estimate numbers of items shown in pictures, then circle given groups of items, count and write totals. 
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Coordinate Grid: Mapping an Archaeological Site

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how archaeologists preserve context of sites through use of rectangular grid or Cartesian coordinate system, and develop sense of distance by pacing off and estimating distances.
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Introduction to Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students are introduced to decimals by first studying pattern blocks showing a number with tens, ones and tenths. Students locate decimals on number lines and rulers and shade decimal pictures. Students compare...
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Applying Estimation in real Life Situations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore number sense by participating in role-playing activities. In this estimation lesson, 5th graders discuss reasons for estimating amounts in life and read the book Betcha. Students complete a real life estimation...
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Out of This World

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to the solar system and its place in the universe. They begin to grasp the idea of very large numbers by estimating and computing how long it take the class to make a million x's.
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Covering and Surrounding

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students develop techniques for estimating the area of a circle and use ideas about area and perimeter to solve practical problems. For this area and perimeter lesson, students apply the concepts of perimeter and area to the solution of...
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Using Graphs and Charts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners complete T charts and manipulate numbers using graphs and charts. In this math graphs and charts lesson, students review the concepts of pattern and function. Learners then complete practice pages where they manipulate numbers...
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Smarties Investigation

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math instructional activity, students participate in an investigation of Smarties candy. For example, students estimate how many candies they have in each color, count the actual number, and record the information in a tally chart.
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Estimate the Sum

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this estimating worksheet, learners round numbers to the nearest ten and estimate sums in a total of 9 problems. Answers are included on page 2.
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Decimal Division Level 10

For Students 4th - 5th
For this math worksheet, students solve twelve decimal division problems. Each problem features one digit numbers.
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Estimation and Computation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice their estimation skills using blocks. In this math lesson, 2nd graders explain how estimating makes addition easier. They complete a worksheet after the lesson to reinforce new learning.
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Multiplication Strategies and Writing Story Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders model multiplication problems using Unifix cubes. They compute and solve problems involving addition and subtraction of 3- and 4- digit numbers and basic facts of multiplication and division. They practice mental math...