Soccer Math: Rounding provides a fun way for kids to practice rounding numbers. There are three different levels of difficulty: 1.Tens & Hundreds 2.Tens, Hundreds & Thousands 3.Tens, Hundreds, Thousands & Decimals Get five correct in-a-row to take penalty shots!
Students will practice rounding decimals by clicking on the shark containing the correct answer.
In this activity, Franklin goes to the store to purchase supplies to complete a painting job. He works with Laverne to estimate the cost of materials using rounding and uses that estimate to calculate his rate of pay based on how long the job takes him.
In this lesson, students will use mathematical reasoning and the four operations to solve math riddle problems. They will work with a partner to read and discuss the riddle together to figure out the answer and then place in a class book.
This document includes explanations of estimation strategies expected in Grade 5.
You have been asked, by the Service Club at your school, to pass out flyers on recycling in your county. Because your county is big, it will take you a while to reach every house. To make your flyers, you need lots of paper. Each ream of paper has 500 sheets in it. You will need to determine how many reams you will need to make your flyers. You will also submit a flyer to passed out to the county.
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When this PBL was originally created NC had not yet adopted it's new standards. This can be adapted to the new standards, if needed.
Purpose: Engages students and introduces elements needed for building a playground.
In “Playground Palooza”, students will take the role of a playground designer responding to a request for a new playground at the school. Students will learn about numerical patterns, reading and writing decimals, rounding decimals, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals, converting measurements, volume, measuring volume, relating volume, coordinate planes, and attributes of 2D figures. Students will determine the total area of the new playground, determine the total area for each structure you want included on your playground, determine the volume of sand needed for the sandbox, use at least three playground structures, create a table of equipment and materials including company name, cost, quantity, and totals, create a coordinate system to display the center point for each structures or area on the playground, and submit a blueprint of their playground design.
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This PBL was created before NC adopted the NC standards for Math. Therefore this PBL also addresses: rounding decimals.
In this lesson, students will work together to figure out how many pencils the teacher will need to buy for the year. This lesson is a culminating task for Numbers and Base Ten and will incorporate rounding and multiples of ten.
Purpose: Engages students and introduces elements needed for building a playground.
In “Playground Palooza”, students will take the role of a playground designer responding to a request for a new playground at the school. Students will learn about numerical patterns, reading and writing decimals, rounding decimals, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals, converting measurements, volume, measuring volume, relating volume, coordinate planes, and attributes of 2D figures. Students will determine the total area of the new playground, determine the total area for each structure you want included on your playground, determine the volume of sand needed for the sandbox, use at least three playground structures, create a table of equipment and materials including company name, cost, quantity, and totals, create a coordinate system to display the center point for each structures or area on the playground, and submit a blueprint of their playground design.
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This PBL was created before NC adopted the NC standards for Math. Therefore this PBL also addresses: rounding decimals.
Students solidify their understanding of the terms "circumference" and "rotation" through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS(TM) NXT robotics components. They measure the circumference of robot wheels to determine how far the robot can travel during one rotation of an NXT motor. They sharpen their metric system measurement skills by precisely recording the length of a wheel's circumference in centimeters, as well as fractions of centimeters. Through this activity, students practice brainstorming ways to solve a problem when presented with a given scenario, improve their ability to measure and record lengths to different degrees of precision, and become familiar with common geometric terms (such as perimeter and rotation).
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of rounding decimal numbers.
Students practice rounding whole numbers with this task.
This resource is from Tools for NC Teachers. It provides an overview of estimation strategies relevant to Grade 4. This is remixable.
This parent family letter is from Tools for NC Teachers. It can be sent home to parents at the beginning of Grade 4, Cluster 3. This is remixable.
The Quick Writes in this document provide opportunities for students to write about the mathematics concepts in the Cluster. This is remixable.
This lesson is from Tools4NCTeachers. In this lesson, students compare estimation strategies in the context of buying soccer gear.
This resource is from Tools 4 NC Teachers. This document provides an overview and descriptions of estimation strategies common in Grade 5, Cluster 2. This is remixable.