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Finding ways for students to get creative in math class can be tough.  This activity gives your students a chance to practice their metric conversions while they create a collage of various sizes of rectangles.  This project can be done during your geometry unit, but it can also be used during the days leading up to Winter Break, or as an activity to leave with your Sub Plans. There are different ways that you can modify this project for your class: Work as a class to find the dimensions for eac

Students will practice working with fractions in this activity. They will need to recognize when a fraction can be simplified - or when they can cross cancel prior to multiplication. With 16 expressions and 11 solutions, students will have a few tiles that are not matched up. The mismatched tiles are common mistakes students make when dividing fractions. They will know they made a mistake because they will either come to a dead end, or get the "end" tile too soon. This activity is translat

Perfect Back to School Activity! Finding an activity that has 100% buy in is tough. Telling students that they have to look up data, read tables, and do math calculations in their heads is always met with groans and mumbles. I’ve struggled with this every year EXCEPT during football season. My Math Fantasy Football unit has been my go-to activity from the beginning of my teaching career. Over the years it has grown into an 6 month activity that ends with a class Math Bowl on Super Bowl F

This activity asks students to convert between decimals and percentages. Offering three versions of the maze, students can practice three times - or you can differentiate and assign different versions to your class. (Keep reading for additional differentiation ideas.) Each maze has a mix of whole numbers and percentages to challenge your students from start to finish. Maze 1 focuses on converting decimals to percent equivalents. Maze 2 focuses on converting percentages into decimal equivalen

Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages utilizes many skills that students are trying to master: > Finding Equivalent Fractions with denominators of 10 or 100 > Recognizing decimal Place Values > Simplify Fractions > Finding Greatest Common Multiplies > Dividing or Multiplying by 100 > Mental Math Students are given 4 different numbers, in either fraction, decimal or percentage format. They then have to convert each number to the other two formats. Once

This activity asks students to match inequality statements to their corresponding graphs. Students will practice reading the graphs as they work through the deck of 12 inequality statements. Level 1 works with graphs that use only positive integers, while Level 2 uses a mix of positive and negative integers in the inequality cards. The levels are color coded so that you know, at a glance, which assignment your student is working on. Drag and Drop activities are a great way for students to pra

This is a digital resource that uses Google Sheets. Students will answer 12 questions about absolute value of integers to create their mystery image. In this case students start out with a whole apple; as they work they take bites out of their apple until all they are left with is an apple core. They will have to type their answer in the purple shaded box to the right of each question. If their answer is correct, a bite will be taken out of their apple. If they answer incorrectly, nothing w

This is a digital resource that uses Google Sheets. Students will answer 14 questions about absolute value of integers to create their mystery image, in this case a series of boxes following the rainbow of colors in reverse. They will have to type their answer in the purple shaded box to the right of each question. If their answer is correct, some of their mystery image will be revealed. If they answer incorrectly, nothing will happen. They can check their work and try again. Students will

This is a digital resource that uses Google Sheets. Students will answer 14 questions about absolute value of integers to create their mystery image, in this case a series of boxes following the rainbow of colors. They will have to type their answer in the purple shaded box to the right of each question. If their answer is correct, some of their mystery image will be revealed. If they answer incorrectly, nothing will happen. They can check their work and try again. Students will get a "cau

Page 1 of this PDF is a notes sheet that I have shared with my students as a review of their Mathematical Properties. For Associative and Commutative properties, I give a definition of the root word to help them remember the difference. Page 2 will be used during our Integers unit, showing how we can rewrite any subtraction expression into an addition expression using positive and negative integers. You can share one or both pages with your students. To share just one page, you can open th

This is a collection of digital resource that use Google Sheets. This bundle contains three different Order of Operations (PEMDAS) color by number activities. PEMDAS 1: Students will answer 12 questions using the four operations to create their mystery image. PEMDAS 2: Students will answer 14 questions using all components of PEMDAS - except Exponents - to create their mystery image. PEMDAS 3: Students will answer 15 questions using all components of PEMDAS to create their mystery image. As

This is a digital resource that uses Google Sheets. Students will answer 15 questions following the Order of Operations to create their mystery image, in this case rainbow boxes that meet and form a red plus sign. They will have to type their answer in the purple shaded box to the right of each question. If their answer is correct, some of their mystery image will be revealed. If they answer incorrectly, nothing will happen. They can check their work and try again. Students will get a "caut

This is a digital resource that uses Google Sheets. Students will answer 14 questions following the Order of Operations to create their mystery image, in this case rainbow order boxes inside of boxes. They will have to type their answer in the purple shaded box to the right of each question. If their answer is correct, some of their mystery image will be revealed. If they answer incorrectly, nothing will happen. They can check their work and try again. Students will get a "caution" message

This is a digital resource that uses Google Sheets. Students will answer 12 questions following the Order of Operations to create their mystery image, in this case a smiley face. They will have to type their answer in the purple shaded box to the right of each question. If their answer is correct, some of their mystery image will be revealed. If they answer incorrectly, nothing will happen. They can check their work and try again. Students will get a "caution" message if they try to change

Looking for a quick way to show students how quadrilaterals relate to each other? This flow chart lists the different types of quardilaterals, as well as their properties. Each shape has a picture example to go along with the properties of the shape. There are two versions of the flow chart available. The only difference is the addition of a line about the "Sum of Internal Angles is 360°" in the Quadrilateral box at the top of the flow chart. You can print on the color printer, or print in bl

"Which way does the decimal go?" is a question I hear from my students, especially when they're multiplying and dividing with decimals. I came up with a quick anchor chart for them to refer to and it has helped tremendously! This download has been updated to include seven anchor charts: 1) Multiply by power of 10 whole numbers 2) Divide by power of 10 whole numbers 3) Multiply by power of 10 decimals 4) Divide by power of 10 decimals. 5) Vocabulary Terms in Equations: Multiplication and D

Real World Multiplication Scenarios I is a fun loop game that you can play with your students to help reinforce their multiplication skills. Each card uses a real world scenario that brings math into your student’s world. This PDF contains four sheets, with six cards per sheet. The last page lists the questions in order, along with their answers and the math to help guide your students if they are stuck. There are PowerPoint slides to go along with your game. To play the game, simply print the

This set of 26 task cards can be used to help your students practice their newly acquired place value skills. In this activity, the cards cover 5th topics ranging from ordering decimals and converting decimals to fractions to writing numbers out in different formats and differentiating between the value and place value of a digit. The cards can be used in different ways. Post them on the wall for a gallery walk activity to get your students up and moving. Tape them to the desks for a timed SC

This Place Value unit Name Game is a great way for students to practice writing and saying their numbers. Break the class up into groups and have students go head-to-head writing numbers in standard, expanded, or expanded form with exponents. Or have the class write the numbers on white boards at their desk and hold them up for you to quickly gauge their understanding. Use this game at the an end of period when your class is looking for "free time" but you still want something fun and educati

Solving Word Problems is hard. But the CUBES method helps students pick out key bits of information and helps them think through the problem. This anchor chart comes in two different sizes: standard letter size (8 1/2" x 11") and a larger 14" x 18" that you print and piece together.