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This is a set of 24 task cards designed to give students practice finding the surface area of a 3 dimensional shape. It includes rectangular prisms, cubes, cylinders, square pyramids, and triangular pyramids. Eight of the 24 of the shapes (rectangular prisms and cubes only) are shown in 3D form. The remaining 16 shapes are shown as nets. Students need to be able to find the area of squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles in order to be successful. I have these listed as applicable to both

This is a set of 20 task cards designed to give students practice with complementary and supplementary angles. Students do not need to be able to use protractors in order to use these cards, instead they must use reasoning (or addition) to find the angle pairs or the measurement of missing angles. All necessary angles are labeled with their measurements. I made these to use with above level fifth grade math students. For some reason, this skill seems to cause kids trouble and I've been trying

This is a set of 16 task cards that require students to add fractions and decimals to find the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes. Many of the shapes have unlabeled sides and require the students to use problem solving skills to find the missing dimensions. The cards that include fractions are all like denominators, but many involve simplifying or regrouping. The cards that use metric measurements include some that are labeled with decimals. I designed these cards for use with above

This is a set of 24 task cards designed to give students practice calculating the area of a circle. Each card contains a diagram of a circle with either the diameter or the radius labeled. Each question is multiple choice. These were created for above-level fifth grade math students who have just learned how to use pi (3.14) times the radius squared to find the area. I use them for small groups of students in my class while I work with other groups of kids. I typically run off multiple set

This is a set of 24 task cards designed to give kids practice calculating the circumference of a circle using 3.14/pi. The picture of each circle is shown, with either the diameter or the radius labeled. These cards were designed for above level fifth graders who are just learning how to find the circumference of a circle. I made the cards primarily to give kids practice paying attention to whether they are given the radius or the diameter, before they calculate the circumference. (In each

This is a set of 16 task cards (with a recording sheet and answer key) that are designed to give kids practice calculating the area of shapes with no grid, but with necessary sides labeled. I used these cards with my above-level fifth grade math class as they were first learning the difference in finding the area of a square/rectangle vs. a triangle. I find that they consistently forget to divide by two when they are presented with a triangle. These gave them good practice with triangles th