Capturing the Middle

Two activities to get your students to practice WRITING equations and SOLVING them in a fun way! First, students will read a real life word problem to write the equation. There are 10 total questions. --they need to identify “multiply” words such as per, each and every --they need to identify the words that mean add such as grow, ascend and save and subtraction words such as descend, decrease and spend. --they will practice seeing expressions written different ways which is crucial to their s

Multiply and Divide Fractions Expressions Riddle Activity Here is SELF CHECKING way for students to practice writing expressions for Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. There are 6 multiplication and 6 division word problems. Most students will identify the multiplication questions without too much difficulty. The six division word problems will challenge your students to write the expression correctly because both options are in the riddle’s clues below. Students will not be able to guess the

Compare Rationals Riddle Activity Here is a fun way to practice ordering all kinds of rational numbers. Many of the numbers have negative signs. All answers form the answer to a riddle. Students will see questions that represent the MOST MISSED kinds of ordering/comparing questions. You will be able to target individual misconceptions before your summative test. Students will compare decimals with and without absolute value. They will compare fractions using common denominators OR, thei