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Check out fun activities at www.mathcats.comChapter 1: Whole Numbersusdebtclock.org - WOW! - See if you can wrap your brain around this!Car Racing game - Greater Than / Less Than > / <Chapter 2: Whole Number Multiplication and Divisionwww.multiplication.com - lots of games and strategies for learning factsaaamath.com - long division practiceOrder of Operations - Make 24 game at mathplayground.comMultiplication board game (bigger numbers)mathworksheetsgo.com - long division practice with 0 in the quotientChapter 3:Fractions - Adding/SubtractingBaseball Math - Take a swing at simplifying fractionsFind Grampy - Use benchmarks for estimation
Worksheet Generator - Print some practice problemsKhan Academy - Fractions Everything you need to know!Chapter 4:Fractions - Multiplying/DividingMultiplication - fractions and mixed numbers - you enter the numbers, see the result, and make sense of the process.mathplayground.com - solve and simplify multiplication of fractionsWhat is the rule? See multiplying fractions using letters to gain insight into algebra.Multiplying mixed numbers- See it with pizza!1 or 2 player jeopardy game - multiplying and dividing fractions / mixed numbersChapter 5: Algebra(click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Algebra" tab on left side)Coolmath.com - Mini-lesson on solving equationsKhan Academy - distributive property lessonKhan Academy - Commutative and associative propertiesChapter 8: Decimals (to the thousandths)Place Value Blocks - change the value to 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001(click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Decimals and %" tab on left side)
mathisfun.com - addition and subtractionfunbrain.com - regrouping to the hundredthsdecimal sharks - round to the hundredthsshodor.org - rounding decimals playing "connect 4" with a friendQuia - decimals and whole numbers jeopardy gameChapter 9: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals(click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Decimals and %" tab on left side)math-play.com - Decimals jeopardy game (adding/subtracting/multiplying)ixl.com - estimating products with whole numbers reviewmathisfun.com - dividing decimals with long division review (click here for animation)virtualnerd.com - review of estimating quotient with compatible numbersChapter 11: Graphs and ProbabilityShodor.org - Fire!!!
shodor.org - mini-lesson and interactive tool activitysoftschools.com - double bar graph makermathplayground.com - coordinate grid "Find the Aliens" gamepurplemath.com - using a T-chart to find plot pointsKhanAcademy - graphing lines tutorialmath-play.com - theoretical probabilityshodor.org - experimental probabilityChapter 12: Anglesmathisfun.com - types of angles + interactive modelmathplayground.com - measuring with a half-protractormathisfun.com - vertical angles + interactive modelChapter 13: Properties of Triangles and Four-sided Figuresmathisfun.com - classifying triangles + interactive modelmathisfun.com - quadrangles interactive modelKhanacademy.com - triangle inequality theoremChapter 14: Three Dimensional Shapeseducation-portal.com - types of pyramids and moremathisfun.com - platonic solids (contains edges, faces, vertices, nets, and formulas for surface area and volume)Chapter 15: Surface Area and Volumenationalgeographic.com - 1 cubic foot video (more available at website)mathworksheets4kids.com - surface area worksheets for various solidsmathworksheets4kids.com - volume worksheets for various solidsChapter 6: Area of a Triangleixl.com - online practicemathopenref.com - includes examples with decimalsshodor.org - change difficulty to include height outside of the triangleChapter 7: Ratioaaamath.com - find the ratioaaamath.com - determine number based on ratiomath.rice.edu - word problems with visual aidsarticlesforeducators.com - challenging problem only for those who really want to think!Chapter 10: PercentThinking Blocks - Bar Models that you create
(click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Decimals and %" tab on left side)mathplayground.com - Percent Shoppingmathplayground.com - Percent Invaders (you set the percentage to practice)math-play.com - percent/fractions/decimals jeopardy game