Changing ratios make for interesting problems. Pupils solve problems that involve ratios between two quantities that change. Groups use tape diagrams to represent and solve classroom exercises and share their solutions. 

Guide your class through the intricacies of solving compound inequalities with a resource that compares solutions of an equation, less than inequality, and greater than inequality. Once pupils understand the differences, the...

Being able to estimate, understanding place value and fractions, and solving word problems are all important skills in math. This PowerPoint is a Jeopardy-style game where young mathematicians utilize all of these skills in order to win...

A great resource for any math teacher covering multiples, factors or square roots; this worksheet walks young mathematicians through the logic behind factoring and square roots with a systematic set of problems which gradually increase...

In this guess and check learning exercise, students solve 5 word problems using guess and check and show their work. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.

Students discuss elements of word problems: key words, data, computation clues, and unnecessary information and use the four steps of problem solving to find a solution and check for reasonableness.

In this hundred chart learning exercise, students read three story problems pertaining to the subtraction of tens on a hundred chart. Students solve each problem.

In this angles practice worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to respond to 4 questions that require them to measure angles and turn them.

Young programmers investigate the Single Source Shortest Path problem by working in paris to devise their own algorithm. They then progress to using Dijkstra's Algorithm to solve the problem. 

The brother-sister pair Carlos and Clarita need your class's help in developing their new pet sitting business. Through a variety of scenarios and concerns presented to the siblings, the learners thoroughly explore systems of equations...

Students explore about propagation of error in calculations using experimental data. They develop their weighing and pipetting techniques. Students explore the following terms: Standard deviation and relative standard deviatin. They...

Compare the cost of four common food items at the grocery store! The value of these objects is represented in British pounds, but you could cross this off if it's too confusing for your elementary learners. 

In this tessellation worksheet, 7th graders use patterns to draw tessellations for the given shapes and colors. Students solve five problems.

In this finding patterns learning exercise, students use the problem solving strategy of understand, plan, solve, and look back to help them find the pattern in the swimming distances numbers. Students use the pattern to help them solve...

For this equations and mental math practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.

In this adding and subtracting equations practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.

Sixth graders listen to Demi's, On Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale. They use the problem solving strategy of finding a pattern to determine the number of rice Rani will receive after 30 days. They create a spreadsheet which...

In this finding reasonable answers practice instructional activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.

In this problem-solving worksheet, 5th graders problem-solve 2 mathematical equations involving 4 key steps and 2 circle graphs.

In this using familiar formulas practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.

In this problem solving worksheet, students use the steps of understand, plan, solve, and look back in order to decide how to solve the story problem and then solve it.

In this problem solving worksheet, students examine 2 math word problems taking care to decide whether they should estimate answers or find exact answers

In this problem solving learning exercise, students answer 6 questions pertaining to a story problem about a tabletop scale model of the Nile River.

In this problem solving application instructional activity, learners use visual thinking and reasoning in order to help them go through 4 steps to solve a math word problem.