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PBS

Pbs Nova: Estimating Up, Up and How Far Away?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this cleaver site to estimate how far away a hot air balloon is from you using your thumb and arm length.
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Activity
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Texas Area Estimate

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawings and discussion of several methods to estimate the area of an irregular shape, like the state of Texas.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Estimating With Rational Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will round fractions and mixed numbers, and then use their rounding skills to estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ns Estimating Square Roots

For Teachers 8th Standards
This task asks students to estimate the square root of 800 without using a calculator. To do it, they must examine perfect squares that are higher and lower than 800. Aligns with 8.NS.A.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Decimal Subtraction Using Front End Estimation

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Estimate decimal differences using front-end estimation
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Estimating Fraction Sums and Differences

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Estimating Percentages

For Students 9th - 10th
The mathematics tutorial examines how to estimate percentages using shortcuts. Students learn about the concept through notes, examples, and practice problems.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Estimating Mass

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this exercise, students practice estimating mass. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get step-by-step hints and try questions repeatedly. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Estimate Lengths

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Sal estimates lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Estimate and Compare Meters and Centimeters? (Grade 4)

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This site offers four videos and a set of practice questions on estimating and comparing meters and centimeters using images and descriptions.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Estimate Volume (Milliliters and Liters)

For Students 3rd - 5th
Practice estimating the volume of real life objects using milliliters and liters. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Estimating Capacity Using Water Metric Units

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice estimating capacity using metric units.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Estimating Capacity Using Water (Metric Units)

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must estimate how much water is needed for a task, using metric units of capacity. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Estimating Equations of Lines of Best Fit and Making Predictions

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice estimating the equation of a line of best fit through data points in a scatter plot. Then use the equation to make a prediction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Estimating the Mean State Area

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The table below gives the areas (in thousands of square miles) for each of the lower 48 states. This serves as the population for this study. Your task involves taking small samples from this population and using the sample mean to...
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Interactive
Other

Explore Learning: Estimating Population Size

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the number of fish in a lake to be tagged and the number of fish to be recaptured. Use the number of tagged fish in the catch to estimate the number of fish in the lake. (Free usage is limited to five minutes per day.)
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Activity
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments:how to Measure the Height of a Tree

For Students 3rd - 8th
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This part...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Comparison Estimator

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this applet to practice your estimating skills comparing length, area, counting or a random sampling of those topics. You can also adjust the difficulty and the precision needed. The applet also lets you know how close you are to the...
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Estimate and Round Why Is This Important?

For Students 3rd - 7th
Problem solving will become a little easier when you understand the concepts of estimation and rounding. Explore how these concepts are used in mathematics and real world applications. Detailed examples and links to related games...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Estimating the Area of a Circle: Lesson 4

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson explains how triangles and parallelograms can be used to estimate the area of a circle. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Estimating the Area of a Circle."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Estimating the Area of a Circle: Lesson 3

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson explains how triangles and parallelograms can be used to estimate the area of a circle. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Estimating the Area of a Circle."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Order of Magnitude

For Students 9th - 10th
This slide show presentation introduces the concept of order-of-magnitude, and how it is used to estimate large values in physics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Estimate Mass (Grams and Kilograms)

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice estimating the mass of real life objects using grams and kilograms. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Games Estimating Angles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this game to improve your ability to create an angle with a specific number of degrees. You can set the angles to the size you want on this game. Just follow the instructions below it!