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Middle school word problems simulations under $5
Hands On LCM GCF Build It! Least Common Multiple, Greatest Common Factor
Kids will master the concepts of least common multiple and greatest common factor by actually manipulating items into groups. With this fun, hands-on activity, the problems are already created for you!
An answer key is provided. All you need is to print the worksheet and distribute base-ten blocks, Cuisenaire rods, strips of paper, or anything you have handy.
Your students can work in pairs to model the situation and perform the correct operation to perform a hands-on GCF and a hands-on LC
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4th - 8th
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Decimals Project based learning Monster Ice Cream Parlor
Welcome to The Monster Ice Cream Parlor Decimal focused project-based learning! In this student-tested and approved project, students jump into ownership of the monster ice cream parlor. They create flavors, set prices, and graph their sales all while practicing adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals, and graphing. Included in this ready to use project:- Student pages for building a monster ice cream parlor- Student pages for calculating revenue- Student pages for graphing revenue and s
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 6th grade math MEGA resource bundle
Geometry:Concurrent Points GeoGebra Activity - Circumcenter & Incenter -w/ Key
Tired of teaching the same boring lessons on Circumcenter and Incenter? After years of using the standard book resources, I decided to create this activity that demonstrates some real-life applications of these concurrent points. This product includes 9 tasks (with complete answer key and screen shots of graphics). Each task will ask students to find a real life circumcenter or incenter. (While this product did not include any centroid or orthocenter problems, I left those options on the top
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Customary and Metric Measurement Conversions Escape Room
This customary and metric measurement conversions escape room is a fun way to review conversions in your classroom! It corresponds with the 5th grade common core standard 5.MD.A.1, but it can be used with many grade levels. Customary and metric length, capacity, and mass are all addressed in this activity. It would be a great review for a unit on measurement. This activity can be done individually or in groups. There is minimal prep work and an answer key is included. It could definitely be sent
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Math Escape Room Bundle
Operations with Mixed Numbers Fraction Escape Room Activity
My Operations With Mixed Numbers Fraction Escape Room Activity is a fun way to review mixed number operations and conversions! Your students will practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing mixed numbers. It corresponds with 5th and 6th grade common core standards but it can be used with many grade levels. It would be a great review or test prep for a unit on mixed numbers, or for sub plans. This activity can be done individually or in groups. There is minimal prep work and an answer
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Math Escape Room Bundle
Multiply & Divide Fractions Escape Challenge Game - 3 Levels!
Looking for a way to practice challenging word problems about Multiplying and Dividing Fractions? Upper elementary students LOVE escape room games! This challenge includes 3 levels of challenge for the fifth grade Number and Operations: Fractions standards that relate to multiplying and dividing fractions. This allows you to differentiate instruction effortlessly, AND allows students at all levels to be successful. It's the perfect complement to your Guided Math Workshop! Students will push them
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4th - 6th
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Carnival Probability Project
A project that feels like a game!
Students must create their own game, using probability to ensure THEY are favored to win....much like the house in a casino. Students can make games involving dice, spinners, cards, "fishing" ducks out of a pond, etc.
Assessed skills include: fundamental counting principal, theoretical probability, experimental probability, independent events, dependent events, creativity, writing, presentation. *Students must already know basic probability to complete this
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8th - 12th
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Black Friday
Thanksgiving: Black Friday: Students will read a passage and answer questions about the history of Black Friday. They will also use ads to budget and choose the best deals. They will be given three Christmas lists with a budget of $400. Students must find the best deals among three department stores. The goal is to not exceed the budget of $400. Finally, students will answer word problems based off of their Black Friday deals. Students will be required to use the four math operations for th
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3rd - 6th
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Interactive Population Ecology PowerPoint
This PowerPoint covers how scientists predict population size using the Capture-Recapture method.
It's perfect for:
1. Incorporating a little math into a biology class.
2. Showing students how real-life problems can be solved using science.
3. Introducing population prediction calculations when covering ecology.
4. Or, to use as an accompaniment to my "Predicting Population Size" lesson plan in which students capture and mark plastic egg "creatures" to see if math formulas really do work in the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
5th - 7th Grade Math Multi-Step Word Problems Using Money and Rate Activity
Have fun when working on multi step word problems using money and rate in this Math Mystery / Escape Room! Solve the crime of who stole the jeweled Crown through a series of clues to solve using our math skills. The problems are multistep and involve all different operation and has a focus on money and unit rate, sales tax, area, miles per hour and more. 7 complex multistep problems make up this escape room task. Can you solve the crime? Ideal for 40 minute periods. Great for sub plans, RTI,
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle School Math GROWING Bundle {6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade}
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Superhero, Episode 4 (Order of Operations)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are transformed into superheroes, solving equations using order of operations within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of order of operations will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instru
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Choose Your Own Math-venture: Superhero (order of operations)
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Superhero, Episode 3 (Order of Operations)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are transformed into superheroes, solving equations using order of operations within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of order of operations will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instru
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Choose Your Own Math-venture: Superhero (order of operations)
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Superhero, Episode 2 (Order of Operations)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are transformed into superheroes, solving equations using order of operations within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of order of operations will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instru
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Choose Your Own Math-venture: Superhero (order of operations)
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies, Episode 3 (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are faced with a zombie attack, solving equations using percents within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of percents will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instruction as a center activi
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies, Episode 2 (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are faced with a zombie attack, solving equations using percents within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of percents will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instruction as a center activi
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies, Episode 1 (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are faced with a zombie attack, solving equations using percents within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of percents will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instruction as a center activi
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies (percents)
Cooking with Fractions
Fun performance task for 5th graders. Real world scenarios prompt students to determine how they are going to adjust a recipe and then multiply to find the new recipe. This task is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and multiplying fractions.
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4th - 6th
Using Proportions to Estimate Fish Populations Simulation: Capture - Recapture
Show your students how proportional thinking is used by scientists to estimate wildlife populations using a capture - recapture process. In cooperative groups, students will use a lake (paper bag) full of fish (beans) to capture, tag, recapture, and record their findings. They will use their data to write proportions and estimate the total number of fish in the lake. Students will use easy-to-follow instructions on an editable Google Slides presentation and record their data and work on an in
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6th - 9th
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Election 2016: Voting and Presidents
This interactive unit helps students become familiar with the democratic process of voting through relevant math and language arts activities. Here's what's included:
Activity 1: The Campaign Trail: A budget is set for campaigning. Students use basic math skills to choose campaign strategies.
Activity 2: If I Were President: Students write about what they would do if they were president.
Activity 3: Design a Button: Students get creative and design a campaign button.
Activity 4: Man
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Monty Hall Problem with Fathom Simulation
A guided handout (Word document) and a Fathom Simulation file that introduces students to the famous "Monty Hall Problem" and guides students to the discovery that switching doors is always preferred!
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7th - 12th
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Tape Diagrams: Computing Parts of a Whole
This PowerPoint presentation serves as an introduction to solving problems that involve finding parts of a whole by using tape diagrams. The process is clearly explained and modeled including examples using fractions and percents converted to fractions. The product can be used as an interactive class lesson or for individual student use due to absence or remediation. The amount of time spent using this presentation will vary depending on the teacher's usage of stopping points and/or student inte
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6th
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Percent Proportions Activity | Real-World Word Problems
Every day students encounter scenarios in which they need to calculate the percentage of a whole or determine how many parts remain. In this activity, students will practice calculating these types of scenarios by setting up a percent proportion. There will be different factors missing in each of the ten scenarios, so students should pay close attention that they are setting up the percent proportions correctly. Once they’ve solved the scenario they will need to relate their answer back to the p
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Math Customary to Metric Measure Conversion Problem Solving
The most effective means of evaluating student understanding is utilizing real-world applications of assessment through GRASPS. In this GRASPS assessment, students will train a new employee to work at their bakery. In the process they'll convert between units of measure within the Customary System. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please follow me to keep up with my sales, new resources, and freebies on TpT! Just click the ★ next to m
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3rd - 8th
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Save The Mississippi Word Problems
As reliance upon the Mississippi grows, so do environmental pressures, and your students must devise plans to secure the river’s future. Students run a fictional conservation group, identify ecological problems facing the Mississippi, calculate costs involved in proposed conservation projects, explain their mathematical thinking, and create an educational flier with the goal of encouraging donations and participation in conservation.
Save The Mississippi addresses the following Mathematics and
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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