Estimating Square Roots – “Price is Right”

Submitted by Debbie “The Price is Right” Goal of the game is to estimate the square root closest to the exact answer. Used with 8th graders Supplies: All students get whiteboards, markers and erasers. Show “Price is Right” clip Do one practice round—give students a square root to estimate. Have them compare their...

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“Human” Sized Coordinate Graph Game

Submitted by Michelle Make a "human" sized coordinate graph by placing tape on the floor for the x and y axis. Label the quadrants. Have a student stand at the origin, tell them the ordered pair. Then the student will tell you if they move left/right on the x-axis based on +/- and then if they go up/down on the y-axis based on...

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10 Sided Dice Game

Submitted by Michelle I have students in groups of 3-4 and each group has a 10 sided dice and they roll the dice five times. They write the numbers down and then they put parentheses, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division between the numbers in order for the answer to be the fifth number that they rolled. I do allow them...

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Integer War

Submitted by Cindy Most kids love to play cards.  A standard deck of playing cards is a great resource for reinforcing integer concepts and operations playing variations on the card game "War". Take out Jacks, Queens and Kings (or ace=1, jack=11, queen=12, king=13).   Clubs and Spades (black cards) represent positive numbers;...

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Foam Dice: Adding Subtracting and Multiplying

Use 2-6 dice, we roll the dice and choose an operation to complete. I have a set of foam dice that I will toss to different people we will call out the number to that one and write on the board then toss the other one write that number on the board then choose an operation for the class to complete. We do this as a class if we have...

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Capture the Card

Submitted by Amy You will need a set of flashcards. You can differentiate with different cards for each student (one has addition, while the other has division). Divide the cards equally between the two players, if the students are using the same set of cards. One player attacks, while the other player defends. The defending player...

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Four In A Row

Submitted by Jennifer The teacher creates a game board for each fact 2-12 using Microsoft Word. The orientation is set to landscape. On the left hand side of the game-board is an 8 x 4 table with the products of the multiplication facts randomly placed in each box. For example, if it is a game board for 5s multiplication then all of...

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Order of Operation Bowling

Submitted by Mariah Directions: Make a list that has 4 numbers in a set. Everyone needs a different set of 4 numbers (at first these numbers may need to be chosen by the teacher). Example: 52, 16, 45, 15 Then they can use any order of operations to make it come out to a number that is set up in bowling pins. So the possible answers...

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Demonstrate an Understanding of Place Value

Submitted by Jean Specific Curriculum Outcome(s): 6N1 Demonstrate an understanding of place value, including numbers that are: greater than one million less than one thousandth. Achievement Indicator(s): 6N1.1 Explain how the pattern of the place value system, i.e., the repetition of ones, tens and hundreds within each period,...

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The Gang of Fifteen

Submitted by Christina You are part of an International Investigative unit. An international criminal organization known as the Gang of Fifteen is known to have become active again, and is planning the eradication of crosswalks world-wide. Such a terrorist act cannot be allowed to happen, as widespread and indiscriminate jaywalking...

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