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This is a 14-page PDF that contains a set of 24 task cards and 3 supporting worksheets that all focus on solving rate problems using a double number line diagram. These cards are directly aligned with Common Core 6.RP.A.3b, which involves solving rate problems. Each card presents the situation and gives a partially completed double number line diagram. The rate problems range in difficulty from beginner to intermediate. The worksheets then use a comparison of 2 different rates to determin

This is a 10-page PDF file that provides practice in solving problems with percents, including those where students must find the part (given the percent) or the whole, given a part. Each situation is scaffolded with a partially completed bar model/tape diagram that helps students visualize the quantities in the problem. All of the answers are whole numbers, with some problems requiring more challenging reasoning than others. These cards were designed to directly align with Common Core 6.RP.A.3

This is a double set of task cards (2 sets of 24, or 48 cards total) designed to give students practice with solving rate problems using a double number line diagram. These problems were designed to support common core 6.RP.3. I first started using this model last year when my school implemented common core and made a set of task cards to use with my above level fifth graders. My students did well with the model, and I quickly realized that I needed more practice for them. I particularly wan

This is a double set bundle of task cards (2 sets of 24 cards each) that give students practice using a tape diagram/bar model to solve percent problems. In some problems, they are finding the part, and in others the whole. All problems use whole numbers for solutions. I created my first set of cards with this model and used them with my above level fifth grade students this past school year. I hadn't used this model prior to my school adopting the common core, but I have to say that I was qu

This is a bundle of my 2 sets of task cards designed to support 5.NF.B.4.B, multiplying mixed numbers using the area model. Each set is available separately in my store, but this is the bundle of both SET A (one dimension is fractional) and SET B (both dimensions are fractional). All of the cards in this set use unit fractions for the fractional values. I designed these cards to use with my above level fifth graders as we transitioned into the common core. I was working to build towards findi

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 24-page PDF that addresses 6.RP.A.3d. It includes practice converting capacity (fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, liters, cubic centimeters), linear units (inches, feet, yards, centimeters, miles, kilometers), and weight (ounces, pounds, kilograms, tons). There is a 24-card task card set that includes a recording sheet and an answer key. Each card gives the student the conversion factor and then presents the units to be converted. There are 4 cards per page for 6 pages, a

This is a bundle of 40 task cards (2 sets of 20 cards each) that I created to use with my students as they learn ratio and proportion in the context of scale drawings. Twelve of the cards in each set have a shape and students are given the scale. They must measure the shape with a ruler (cm or inch) and then calculate the actual size. The final eight cards give the shape and tell the students the actual size of the object. They must work backwards to find the scale (1 cm = n). The measurem

This is a set of 20 task cards designed for students learning how to write a proportion using a percent and either a missing part or whole. Each card consists of a situation that gives a whole number answer and uses a percent that is a multiple of 10%. I designed these to use with my above level fifth grade students. They have learned how to use proportions in other situations, transition to learning about percent as a ratio. I still want them to have practice completing proportions, so the

This is a set of 20 task cards that are designed to help children calculate a tip. I teach the kids to find discounts mentally (find 10%, double it for 20%, halve it for 5%, etc). All of these cards use either 20% or 15% for the tip amount. My students had already learned how to find a discount mentally, but needed more practice with finding 15%. I also wanted them to see that the percent isn't always subtracted from the total, as it is with a discount. The cards could also be used with the p

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 present two similar rectangles with some sides labeled. Students must use proportional reasoning to find the missing length. All sides are labeled in whole number units and can be solved with mental math. Shapes on the first cards are presented in similar orientation and on later cards are rotated. Students must find both missing sides on the enlarged shape and missing sides on the smaller shape using their knowledge of corresponding sides. This is an 8-pa

This is a set of 16 task cards designed to help students learn to distinguish between situations in which you need to multiplication by a fraction or divide by a fraction. Each situation uses a whole number as the whole, and then requires finding either a fraction of a set (multiplication), the total length of things the size of a fraction of an inch (multiplication/repeated addition), or finding the number of times a fraction fits into a whole (division). I teach above level fifth graders,

This is a double set of task cards designed to support the Common Core standard 6.EE.A.3 and 6.EE.A.4, which focus on having students generate equivalent expressions (both by evaluating coefficients, and by factoring them out). The first set is slightly easier than the second, with smaller numbers used for factoring. Many of the distractor answer choices are intended to catch the problem of multiplying the coefficient by only the first term and not the second (a common problem my students hav

This is a set of task cards (48) designed to be used with students learning how to combine like terms to solve for variables. It contains 2 sets of 24 cards at the beginner level. One set is created with the shapes to represent the variables and boxes with numbers in them to represent the other terms. The second set contains the same equations, but they are represented numerically. This allow differentiation for kids who are more comfortable with the numeric equations. I designed these card

This is a set of 24 task cards that are designed to help children calculate a discount and sale price. I use these as beginner cards because I teach kids to find discounts mentally (find 10%, double it for 20%, triple it for 20%, etc). As they first start to apply the skill, I give them all discounts that are multiples of 10% (mainly 20%) and prices that work fairly easily without the need of a calculator. Prices range from less than $10 to over $100 for practice with how to find ten percent i

This is a set of 20 task cards that I created to use with my students as they learn ratio and proportion. Twelve of the cards have a shape and students are given the scale. They must measure the shape with a ruler (cm or inch) and then calculate the actual size. The final eight cards give the shape and tell the students the actual size of the object. They must work backwards to find the scale (1 cm = n). The measurements fall either on the whole inch/cm or the half inch/cm, and the cards ra

This is a double set of task cards designed to support 5.NF.B.4, which involves multiplying mixed numbers using an area model. These are the third in a series of task cards I created to use with my above level fifth grade students. In this set, each quadrilateral has both the length and width including fractional dimensions, and they each include at least one dimension that is NOT a unit fraction (I used 3/4, 3/5, and 2/3). This raises the difficulty level as the pieces on the sides of each s

This is a set of 20 task cards designed to give students practice calculating the volume of rectangular prisms with 1 or more fractional edge units. I chose edge lengths that could be calculated without a calculator, particular if the students think carefully about which numbers are compatible and multiply in that order. These are just practice with the shapes, not embedded in a real-life situation. I did add a few challenge problems in for the later cards that involve kids finding a missing d

This is a set of 20 task cards designed for kids just learning how to multiply a number by a power of ten. Each card presents a number multiplied by a power of ten, or presents the "before" and "after" number for the kids to determine which power of ten was used. All powers of ten are positive. Some starting numbers are whole numbers and others are decimals. The preview title slide show both formats used for the cards. These were designed to support the grade 5 Common Core standard 5.NBT.3.