TheMathGarden

As students complete this fun maze, they get practice with solving two-step equations. The equations involve all four integer operations, distributing, and fractional coefficients. There is an answer sheet provided for students to record their work and solutions. To get the alien to his ship, students will have to correctly solve 10 problems. An answer key is included.

Students will gain practice with adding and subtracting integers while working their way through this fun maze! To get the puppy to her frisbee, students will have to correctly solve 10 problems. An answer key is included.

FREE poster for your classroom! Anyone can be a mathematician and this poster helps students understand why this is true. Use the poster as a starting point when discussing growth mindset in math class.

Use this fun classroom activity to review and practice evaluating expressions. Hang the clues on the walls and students can travel around the room, finding solutions. Each solution provides a clue to the baseball mystery. Students then use the clues to solve a logic problem and discover the Math Magicians' batting order. This would be great for stations too! This activity is most appropriate for 6th grade students who are practicing the following skills: order of operations with exponentsevalu

***Perfect choice for virtual learning!! This project asks students to determine the cost of a four night road trip to a destination of their choice. It comes in the form of a Google Slides presentation so you can share it with your students and they can easily follow the step by step instructions listed on each slide. You can allow students to change the presentation however they like or they can just fill in the blanks on the slides. Students will be required to find the cost of items online a

Students work with partners or individually to match 16 pairs of inequalities. There are many ways to use this activity in the classroom such as interactive notebooks or group activities. VA SOL 6.14

This is an escape room type envelope activity. Students solve one-step equations in order to move through the activity and finally Escape from Math Class! This is a self-checking activity where students are encouraged to try again to find the correct answer if they don’t get it correct the first time. There are 8 one-step equations that include all four operations. A couple of the equations include fractions and decimals. An answer sheet encourages students to show their work as they progress.

Students graph given points, connect the lines, and draw an awesome koala bear! Points are found in all four quadrants and on both axes. VA SOL (2016): 6.8

This activity helps students practice using the order of operations prior to learning about integer operations. Expressions include exponents and parentheses. Included with this activity: •Answer Sheet with room for students to show their work and answers. •Coloring page (This helps students to check their work—if their answers are not on the coloring page then they have done something wrong.) •Answer Key

With this activity, students will get practice matching numbers in exponent, expanded, and standard forms. This is perfect for partner/group activities, math centers, or interactive notebooks. VA SOL 6.4 (2016)

Finding the percent of a number can be a tricky skill to learn...even more so when students need to find the percent itself. The notes included in this resource give step by step directions to help explain this important skill. The activity gives students practice with a variety of percent problems including word problems. VA SOL 7.3 (2016) The activity can be used in several different ways:• Print the slides and hang them up around the classroom. Students can move around the room and work the

Use this resource to help your students to understand how money, decimals, fractions, and percents are related. This worksheet asks students to convert between decimals (money), fractions, and percents. VA SOL 6.2 (2016)

Looking for a different way to practice unit rates with your students? This activity is what you need! It focuses on finding the fastest animal, vehicle, or person given a choice of two. The pictures and fun links provided in the PowerPoint will keep your students engaged and focused on practicing finding unit rates. As students work through this activity, they will find links that will give them more information about the fastest things in the presentation. This activity can be used as a whol

Graphing ratios on a coordinate plane is an excellent way to promote proportional reasoning skills in your classroom. Students read ratio word problems, find the equivalent ratios, and graph these on the coordinate plane. The last two questions require students to develop their own word problems and ratios in order to encourage creativity.

Understanding ratios is easier when seen on a number line! These ratio word problems can be used as a quick assessment to determine whether students have mastered this skill or as an introduction when used with the whole class. VA SOL (2016) 6.12

In this activity, students will cut out the given word problems and match them with the correct answers. Students are asked to find equivalent ratios using ratio tables or proportions in order to solve these problems. This is perfect when working on proportional reasoning skills with your students. VA SOL (2016) 6.12, 7.3

This quick note page and worksheet will help you review simplifying fractions with your students prior to a unit covering fractions or ratios. It includes tips on how to determine if a fraction is in simplest form and some practice problems. An answer key is included. Thank you for trying my product!