In this lesson, students learn why non-standard measures can be useful even when measurements must be quite precise. This Cyberchase activity is motivated by a video segment in which the CyberSquad must lower Digit, the Cyberbird, from the ceiling to remove an audiotape from the voice box of a statue of Hacker.
The Odd Squad doctor needs an assistant! You can help cure the Odd Squad agents of their odd ailments by collecting data to make a diagnosis while learning about fractions, volume, coordinates, and greater than/less than comparisons.
In this interactive activity, students will be led through steps to "make change" in word problems involving money, which can be related to subtracting decimals to the hundredths place. There are teaching activities as well as practice activities available. A handout with practice problems can be printed. After utilizing this resource, the students can complete the short quiz to assess their understanding.
In this lesson, students will calculate savings for different products when using coupons. They will also decide what factors will influence the choices they make when choosing products. Students will practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing monetary amounts using decimals to the hundredths place.
This lesson begins with students visiting a website that gives them practice in counting money. The second site goes one step further in that students are given opportunities to make change for make-believe purchases. This lesson will help students practice solving word problems involving money using the four mathematical operations.
In this interactive activity, students will be led through steps to order whole numbers on a number line. There are teaching activities as well as practice activities available. The key concepts addressed include whole number, range, span, interval, and number line. A handout with the practice activities is available to print. The practice activities require students to read and write up to four-digit numbers and use the four operations to solve word problems involving intervals of time.
In this interactive activity, students will be led through steps to divide decimals. There are teaching activities as well as practice activities available. A handout that reviews the steps taught during the activity can be printed. After utilizing this resource, the students can complete the short quiz to assess their understanding.
