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Money Matters
Third graders make fair trades and exchanges of their money in order to have practical experiences with the essential "rules" of our place value system. They create groupings of tens, hundreds, thousands using play money and place value...
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Solving Problems
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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Jelly Beans for Sale
Students connect literature (story Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan) to math concepts. In these estimating and money lessons, students work with jelly beans, unifix cubes, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, to estimate and make...
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Estimating With Fractions
Students explore fractions. In this fraction lesson, students estimate fractions and estimate sums of fractions. Students work with technology to develop math fluency.
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Probability Games and Activities, Unit 10
Looking for tangible ways to practice probability with your class? Through 4 activities, students practice with experimental probability, using math to make educated guesses, then testing it through physically completing the experiment....
NTTI
Putting Together Ten
Groups explore sets of 10 items in two varieties (i.e. 3 white buttons and 7 black ones, or 5 bears and 5 bunnies). They brainstorm about their objects, write math sentences to represent what they have, and report their discoveries to...
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A Sweet Story: Estimation
In this estimation story problem worksheet, students read a rhyme about Pop's candy store inventory and solve and explain word problems answers. Students solve five problems.
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Can You Guess
Students develop useful strategies for mental calculation when estimating possible addition solutions. They mentally perform calculations involving addition and subtraction. Students state the estimated sum or difference between numbers.
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Explore: Finding Averages
In this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders find the mean of a given set of numbers. Then they find the sum of the items in the set. Students also check their work by multiplying the mean by the number of items in the set.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Adding Common Fractions
Fourth graders estimate various measurements. For this lesson on measurement, 4th graders estimate the length and mass of multiple objects. Students discuss the difference between a guess and a reasonable estimate and discuss using...
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How Close Is Our Estimate?
Fifth graders estimate perimeter, area, and volume. They measure perimeter and area using nonstandard units of measurement. Students add and subtract non-standard units of measurement. They add mixed numbers and simplify the sum.
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Operations with Fractions and Decimals
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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Study Buddies: Adding Decimals
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to add numbers with decimals to the hundredths place. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
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Decimals: Collaborative Lesson
Students explore mathematics by participating in a group activity. In this number value lesson plan, students identify the uses for decimals and how to best estimate whole numbers based on decimals and fractions. Students collaborate...
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Estimating Revenues
In this economics worksheet, students write out a business plan that translates into an estimation of revenue made in the first three years.
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Math Quiz-Grade 3
In this math quiz worksheet, 3rd graders solve a total of 31 problems related to a variety of 3rd grade math concepts.
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Spending Spree
Young scholars collect objects to use in a classroom store. In groups, they must place a value on each object and take turns spending their fake dollar in the store. They predict how much they can buy and use addition and subtraction...
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The Christmas Shoppe: Money Activity
In this Christmas money activity worksheet, students use a chart of Christmas Shoppe Sales to answer 4 questions involving estimating, calculating, finding mean and sales amounts.
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Piggy Pockets
Second graders determine when estimates and exact totals are appropriate in dealing with money. They simulate keeping a checking account over a period of time and keep a checkbook ledger to record deposits and expenses.
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Personal Budgeting Project
Students create an Excel spreadsheet of a personal budget by estimating their possible income and monthly expenses from a worksheet. They group together to create a family unit and use the personal budget sheets to plan a family budget.
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Vocabulary: Addition Terminology
In this addition terminology worksheet, students complete many activities where they define and match addition terminology. Students complete 11 pages of activities.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Decimal Rounding to Estimate Sums and Differences
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Estimate sums and differences by rounding decimals to whole numbers.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Estimate Sums With Numbers Up to 100,000
Practice rounding numbers to the nearest ten to estimate the sum.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Rounding Numbers
The lesson explores how to round numbers. Explanations and examples are included in the tutorial.