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In groups of 2-3, students use a standard deck of playing cards (no jokers) to calculate various measures of central tendency. For students who are lower ability or new to finding Measures of Central Tendency, all cards are positive numbers. Increase the difficulty for more advanced students by having black cards represent positive numbers and red cards as negative numbers. Full set of directions available with the purchase of the download. Students may end up with fraction or decimal answer

These inequality problems involve adding & subtracting positive and negative fractions and decimals as well as a couple of integer problems. I have my students write their answers & work in their notebooks, but a blank answer page is included if needed. Directions: 1. Post the Scavenger Hunt Cards around your classroom. 2. Put students in groups of 2-3 and have each group begin at a different letter. 3. The group should write down the letter appearing on each card when they arrive, solve t

This game created by Ebel in the Middle is for 3-4 players and involves solving two-step inequality problems. Students must know how to solve two-step inequality problems with both positive and negative numbers. Two-Steppin' Inequalities Game by Ebel in the Middle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Purchasers of this item may copy for their individual classroom use only.

This partner activity is best used AFTER students have learned about how to find the Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism using the formula. Students use a number cube and practice placing numbers in the formula and solving. Instructions and game boards are included, just copy (front & back) & you are ready to go! Surface Area Game by Ebel in the Middle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Ready to use and answers included! Hang the Scientific Notation Station Activity Pages around your classroom. Place students into groups of 3-5 and assign each student a letter from A-E. Students assigned the letter "A" answer only the "A" questions, students assigned the letter "B" answer only the "B" questions, etc. Give students no more than 1 minute at each station and have them rotate to another station (most students can finish these problems in less than 30 seconds). Since students e

This ready-to-use PowerPoint is 10 problems involving the subtraction of integers and "adding the opposite". Students are paired together and need the use of a dry erase board (or some other method to display their problem to the teacher once finished), and 2 different colored dry erase markers. Partner #1 is responsible for copying the problem onto the dry erase board and making sure calculations are completed correctly. Partner #2 uses the different colored dry erase marker and shows "addin

Using a standard deck of playing cards, students are partnered together and make fractions to compare using <, > or =. Have all cards be positive numbers for younger or low ability students; increase the difficulty by having the black cards represent positive numbers and the red cards represent negative numbers. Print front to back on cardstock for future use! Compare Fractions Game by Ebel in the Middle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 In

This ready-to-use PowerPoint contains 10 questions for students to practice dividing decimals....both whole numbers and decimal numbers are used in the divisor throughout the PowerPoint. Students can partner together with a dry erase board and assist each other with solving the problem and then showing their answer to the teacher. Answers are included in the PowerPoint. Divide Decimals-Partner Activity by Ebel in the Middle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDeriv

This joke/puzzle/riddle worksheet is for students to solve problems involving exponents. Students can solve problems using paper & pencil or the teacher can have students explore using the exponent key(s) on their calculator to also solve these problems. Students solve the problem and then find the answer at the bottom of the page, where they place the corresponding letter. Special Note: the answer to the joke/riddle at the bottom of the page is the same as the Free Download Exponent Puzzle

Students are grouped (paired) together to solve 1 problem in 1 minute. Each group then presents their solutions (and work steps!) to the class. The students who are not presenting to the class take notes on the problems and steps used to arrive at the correct solution. Students need familiarity with the order of operations steps, parentheses, brackets and exponents. Answer key included, all you need to do is copy and GO! Order of Operations - Teach the Class! by Ebel in the Middle is licens

Students add decimal numbers (whole numbers, tenths and hundredths places are used) to solve problems on this worksheet. Students will add 3-4 decimal numbers together in each problem. Students then find their answer on the right-hand side of the page and write the matching letter above the problem number at the bottom of the page in order to solve the riddle. This worksheet created by Ebel in the Middle. Add Decimals Puzzle by Ebel in the Middle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu

This joke/puzzle/riddle worksheet is for students to solve problems involving exponents. All base numbers are under 10 and the highest exponential value is 7. Students should be able to use mental math to solve most of these problems, others will require more work. Students solve the problem and then find the answer at the bottom of the page, where they place the corresponding letter. This worksheet, created and provided by Ebel in the Middle, should not take students very long to complete.