What do you do after a good meal, tip the server of course. The class calculates the appropriate tip to leave at a restaurant given certain bills. They identify the bill before and after tax and find the correct tip. A great way to put...

Finding out how to calculate tax and tip is a valuable skill that all young adults should be able to do without a calculator. Learners are given a bill and asked to calculate the tax, tip, and total amount. Calculations can be exact or...

It's important to spice up your lessons. An online article discusses teaching strategies for AP® Calculus. In-class activities include matching games, placemats, multiple choice questions, scripted discussion, involuntary discussion,...

Here is one of the better lessons I've come across on how to teach fractions and decimals. This lesson does a great job of showing how these two mathematical representations of numbers are interrelated. Some excellent websites, printable...

Each slide in this PowerPoint includes a large image of a clock with various times displayed. Students must use their time-telling skills to identify the time. There are a total of ten clocks. Tip: Have students write their answer on...

In this discounts and sales tax activity, students problem solve and work with discounts, markups, tips, and sales tax by completing the six word problems.

A presentation teaches young learners to find fractional values and quantities, and provides tips on how to solve math word problems. Learners engage with dozens of challenging problems, and get tips along the way. A terrific PowerPoint...

The Happy Game will make your students smile! They play this game to review basic math concepts such as, finish the pattern, even and odd numbers, addition, subtraction, and word problems. Tip: Use this PowerPoint as a template to create...

Given a hundred chart and several examples, learners practice adding 10s. They are given a number then use the chart to aid in adding 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50. There are 25 problems to solve. Tip: Have learners color in all the tens prior...

Students, in groups, estimate and check the weights of classroom objects using coins as the standard of measure.

Sixth and seventh graders study the concept of finding the percent of a number. They calculate the percent of any given number. Pupils describe ways to use calculating percents in their daily life, and change percents into decimals,...

Here's a little holiday-oriented math review/challenge. Three-up on a single sheet for copying, each set consists of five problems that range from three- and four-digit subtraction to multiplication and division to four and five. Typo...

Get hundreds of interactive activity plans using the Zome Modeling System. Among dozens of lessons, a first exposure to similar triangles can be very visual for the learner. Here, young geometers explore the number of different shapes...

What a neat way to practice math, save this link and save trees. Learners are provided with 6 instructional activity that can be completed on the computer. Each sheet contains 12 double-digit subtraction problems that may require...

Pupils subtract numbers 1 through 12 and complete missing addend problems. This worksheet includes a helpful number line and 20 problems to complete. Tip: Hand out unifix cubes or chips to help tactile learners solve each problem.

Explore early algebra by participating in a pattern identification activity using a random assortment of different household materials. The class creates, completes, and analyzes different patterns with the help of leggos, buttons,...

A total of 50 basic addition problems are contained with in this worksheet. Your class can hone their math skills by adding 10 to a variety of numbers. Tip: When they are done have them discuss and identify any patterns they can find.

After singing the classic "Hickory Dickory Dock" rhyme, your students can practice telling time with this themed PowerPoint. Each slide has a clock showing a particular time. Tip: Ask students what time the clock is showing, prior to...

It's not a short cut, just good old fashion number sense, but kids will love it. This presentation does a wonderful job describing the divisibility rules by showing how each one works, reviewing the rules as a collective and providing an...

Young scholars identify that yeast are a single celled fungi that are a great model organism for studying respiration in the classroom. They also fill the bulb of a disposable pipet (eyedropper) with yeast, then submerge the pipet in a...

They say you gotta pay to play, and postsecondary education is no exception! High schoolers learn how to research and analyze the cost of postsecondary education as well as the different ways to pay for schooling. Learners then work...

"Jeopardy" review games are an effective way to review math concepts for 1st-2nd graders. Counting money and telling time is the focus of this presentation. Tip: Make this a math center in your room.

The concept of counting money is reinforced for 2nd graders through visual representations in this slide show. This interactive presentation includes slides that ask for a specific money amount, students then must click on how many coins...

Need a worksheet to reinforce using substitution to solve linear systems of equations? This one contains 4 problems and plenty of work space. Tip: This would be a great quick review, warm up, or pair exercise.