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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

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

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

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.