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Use the 32 game cards to create a math center for students to practice identifying decimal numbers written in expanded form and expanded notation using fractions and decimals. The cards also help reinforce and review decimals in word form and place value! The student directions include steps to play three different ways. The numbers used on the cards have been carefully selected to ensure that students are using place value skills and not just “looking at the numerals” to create equivalent ma

Area models using base ten blocks can be used to represent multiplication and division of decimals and whole numbers. Practice the skills required of the Common Core and Texas TEKS math standards to use multiple representations of multiplication and division with this task card set. This set of task cards includes: 20 different base ten model cards to improve student understanding of how place value relates to multiplication and division.Interactive notebook pages to help you introduce area mod

Finding TEKS aligned task cards for your fifth grade math class doesn't have to be hard! This set of editable task cards is created specifically for the TEKS. Careful research has been done to make sure that each task card not only aligns to the Texas TEKS but also is similar to the rigor expected on the STAAR test. Each set includes multiple-choice questions and open-ended questions similar to the new STAAR item types. Approximately 25% of the task cards are new item type styles similar to

This financial literacy mini unit on balancing budgets includes a reading passage, a foldable concept map for note taking, a balancing budgets math center activity, and a test practice page with standardized test style questions. This unit is designed so that on-level fifth grade students can work on this material independent of the teacher, but will also work great as direct teach and math center material. What's included:Balancing Budgets Reading PassageNotebook Foldable Notes Budget Task

Have students practice writing equivalent forms of numbers as fractions, decimals, or percents using these math center activities. A set of 96 cards in 24 matching sets can be used to create math centers games or used with two extension activities. Money models are used with the half, fourths, tenths, twentieths, and hundredths and fraction models are use with fifths, thirds, and eighths. The Percent Model Work Mat is used to model the equivalence of numbers by scaffolding students from a hun

Read, write, and compare decimal place value with this simple and fun game! Students multiply and divide by 10 and 100 to a digit through whole number and decimal place values. Earn points when a "read and compare" card is drawn by having the greatest number! Your students will love the strategy of deciding where to place their digit to maximize their chances of winning! You will love that your students are discovering how multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 moves digits left and right!

Introduce, teach, practice, and assess all tested fifth grade financial literacy TEKS with this complete interactive notebook set! This set covers defining payroll tax, income tax, property tax, and sales tax, gross income and net income, and balancing budgets (TEKS 5.10A, TEKS 5.10B, TEKS 5.10E, and TEKS 5.10F). Included in this set is: A flip book with a section on income, taxes, and budgets"Finding Income" practice that incorporates strip diagrams with decimal addition and subtractionFour

Compare and order decimals with four unique practice activities. This set has a comparing decimals flip book mini-project, a fun ordering decimals on a number line game called "Monkey in the Middle", a cut and paste ordering decimals activity, and a set of problem solving task cards! Comparing Decimals Flip BooksStudents will compare three sets of decimals using tenths grids, hundredths grids, and number line models. Cut and Paste Ordering DecimalsUse 8 no prep cut and paste ordering decimals

Practice problem solving skills with positive rational number operations! Use this set of 20 task cards to create a station for your middle school students to practice interpreting one-step and multi-step story problems using fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and whole numbers--all positive rational numbers! Problems vary in difficulty and the numbers are specifically picked to make sure the problems are challenging, but workable without a calculator. Included in this resource: ► Teacher Inst

Your 5th grade multiplication unit is planned! Use this complete interactive notebook set to teach all aspects of fifth grade multiplying-- decimal multiplication models, using place value, partial products, and standard algorithm with whole numbers and decimals. Check out the preview to see everything included!What's included in this interactive notebook unit:Types of Multiplication Flip BookIdentifying When to Multiply ActivityDecimal Multiplication Models Mini-BookDecimal Multiplication Cr

Models of decimal multiplication include area models, repeated addition, and partial products. In this math center, students will match a variety of multiplication models to numeric expressions and products. The models used include base ten area models, rectangular area models, 100s grid models, repeated addition models, and partial products grids. An extension activity guiding students through the process of evaluating using partial products is included. The teacher guide gives you ideas o

Have you heard of numberless word problems? Using numberless word problems is great way to change your students' thinking about problem solving and help them become resilient problem solvers! This set of 10 numberless word problems will help engage your students in mathematical discussion over multi-step problem solving and features dividing decimal number by whole numbers or dividing a whole number to a decimal (up to four digit dividends). Included in this set: 10 sequenced problems that pro

This game pack has three activities to let your 5th grade students practice rounding decimals to the nearest whole, nearest tenth, and nearest hundredth place. Add 'Em Up RoundingThis game lets students apply rounding as an estimation tool for adding decimal numbers. It includes: Student InstructionsGame BoardGame CardsAnswer KeyRounding Line UpIn this game, your students will round to the whole, tenths, or hundredths to strategically place their pieces to get three in a row. It includes: Stud

Have your students practice writing decimals while creating a stem-and-leaf plot! Students spin to find the prices of items for sale in a vending machine and create a stem-and-leaf plot with this data. Students will also answer one and two step problems about the data represented in the stem-and-leaf plot. What's included?A coin spinner boardProduct listStem-and-leaf plot templateQuestion pageMultiple-choice exit ticketOpen-ended exit ticketDigital Google Sheets™ version of the activitiesThis m

This set of three adding and subtracting decimals math centers contains: a modeling decimal addition and subtraction game, strip diagrams showing decimal addition and subtraction, and a set of real world scenario word problems. 100s Grid GameThe game A “Whole” Lot of Decimals uses models and decimal numbers only to the hundredths place. Strip Diagram Task CardsThe strip diagram task cards do not use physical models, but the strip diagram allows students to use this to differentiate between addit

Introduce the models used to represent decimal multiplication with this notebook set that aligns to the Texas TEKS and Common Core fifth grade math standards. The models include area models, base ten models, 100s grid models, number lines, and repeated addition. Flip book2 practice activities5-question quizGoogle Slides digital version for distance learning or paperless classrooms!All pieces are designed to fit perfectly in your students' notebooks or composition books and include a flip book,

Students use decimal cards and place value fraction cards to build decimal numbers and learn about how place value affects the way that decimals are written, compared, modeled, and multiplied. Use the tenth, hundredths, and thousandths decimal place cards to build numbers and explore the relationships of decimal place value. ► Writing DecimalsThe “Writing Decimals” activity is design to give students practice in matching values to a particular place value and to recognize the place value’s loca

Have you heard of numberless word problems? Using numberless word problems is great way to change your students' thinking about problem solving and help them become resilient problem solvers! This set of 10 numberless word problems will help engage your students in mathematical discussion over multi-step problem solving and features decimal multiplication (up to hundredths place products). Included in this set: 10 sequenced problems that progress from numberless to traditional story problemsa

Review fraction, decimal, and percent equivalence with this fun interactive Thanksgiving activity! Use the drag and drop interactive Google Slides version or the no-prep printable worksheet to have some Thanksgiving fun in your middle school math classroom. What does this activity include?A PDF with teacher directions and answer keyA Google Slides activity with 12 different slides as well as student instructionsA printable worksheet version of the activityCheck out the preview to see the entire

Introduce, practice and assess decimal division using the algorithm with this interactive notebook set. Use problem solving skills to determine that a situation is division and how to set up a decimal division problem. This resource includes a mini book, two practice activities, and a four problem formative, test prep style, assessment. All of the activities are designed to be low prep and fit perfectly in your students notebooks or composition books. Check out the preview to see everything