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Math Activities - 4 to 6


Grade Leveled Activities Geometry Numbers
and Number Sense
Math
Facts and Operations
Fractions Time
and
Money

Note: Some of these links are within other linked pages, but are especially good. Others have links within them that are also worth checking out.


Grade Leveled Activities

Textbook Based Grade Level Activities

Glencoe Math
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/ose/index.html
This is the site that goes with the textbook for sixth grade mathematics.
You will need the login and password given to you by your teacher!
Note: The User Name and Password are both case sensitive, so remember to use capital letters where necessary!

Other Grade Level Activities

AAA Math for Fourth Grade
http://www.aaamath.com/grade4.html

These are a variety of different activities for the fourth grade.
AAA Math for Fifth Grade
http://www.aaamath.com/grade5.html

These are a variety of different activities for the fifth grade.
AAA Math for Sixth Grade
http://www.aaamath.com/grade6.html

These are a variety of different activities for the sixth grade.

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Geometry

Tangrams
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.4/index.htm

This National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) site has two good tangram activities.
NCTM Illuminations Isometric Drawing Tool
http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/isometric/index.html

A nice activity for drawing 3-D shapes, from the NCTM.
Geoflash
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/Flashcards/geoflash

Practice naming the geometric shapes using these online flashcards.
Area Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/area.html

A good site to practice finding areas of geometric shapes.
Reasoning About Volume Exploring
http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/cubes/index.html

A great place to work on finding volume, from the NCTM.

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Numbers and Number Sense

Inequality Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/gtlt.html
Compare numbers with these online flashcards.
Rounding Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/rounding.html

Round for the nearest hundred to the nearest ten-million!
Equivalence Balancing Act
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/across/balance/equiv1.html

This NCTM activity helps kids explore what "equivalency" means.

Stability in Numbers
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/across/balance/equiv2.html

Another NCTM activity on equivalence.

Base 10 Blocks
http://arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html

This site allows you to explore numbers with online base-10 blocks.

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Math Facts and Operations

Wershbale's Division Page
http://www.pgcps.org/~calvert/divhot.html

Calverton's Mr. Wershbale made this site to help introduce student to long division.
The ArithmAttack
The ArithmAttack was originally designed by and employee of the Argonne National Laboratory. There are now one-minute and two-minute versions of this excellent, interactive math fact practice program.
One Minute
http://www.dep.anl.gov/aattack.htm

Two Minute
http://www.saab.org/mathdrills/attack.html
Mathmastery.com http://www.mathmastery.com/cyberchallenge/index.cfm?CFID=688453&CFTOKEN=74011045
Tired of the same old fact drills? Here's another way to practice!
Addition Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/addition.html

Easy to use flashcards for addition.
Subtraction Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/subtraction.html

The same format for subtraction.
Multiplication Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/multiplication.html

These flashcards are for multiplication practice.
Division Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/division.html

The same simple flashcards for division.
Math Square
http://www.edu4kids.com/msq/

You need to know your math facts before you try this challenging puzzle.

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Fractions

Wershbale's Fractions Page
http://www.pgcps.org/~calvert/fraction.htm

Another in-house site. This one has dozens of links to really good websites dealing with fractions.
NCTM Fraction Model Applet
http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/fractionpie/index.html

This site has a great application in it, which allows students to manipulate objects and name fractions.
Find Grampy
http://www.visualfractions.com/FindGrampy.html

This game allows kids to estimate fractions by looking at head behind a hedge.
Identifying Fractions Using Circles
http://www.visualfractions.com/EnterCircle.html

This is a great introduction to identifying and naming fractions.
Comparing Fractions Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/Flashcards/fractioncmp

This site gives good practice at ordering fractions by size.
Identify Mixed Fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/MixedFraction.html

Use a number line to identify whole numbers with fractions.
Rename in Lowest Terms
http://www.visualfractions.com/RenameLowest.html

The activity helps students learn how to rename fractions.
Reducing Fractions Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/Flashcards/fractions-red

Two fourths is one half - practice this and similar conversions at this site.
Mixed Number to Fraction
http://www.visualfractions.com/MixtoFrac.html

Whole numbers, with fractions, get converted into improper fractions in this exercise.
Easy Decimal Place Values
http://www.aaamath.com/plc51b-placevalues.html#section2

Identify decimal places easily with this activity.
Hard Decimal Place Values
http://www.aaamath.com/plc51c-placevalues.html#section2
This version of naming decimals is a lot harder. Do it after the previous version is mastered.
Ordering Decimals Game http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/laddergame.html
The BBC offers this fun game for placing decimal fractions in ascending order.
Decimals to Thousandths
http://www.aaamath.com/dec44a-w2nthsndths.html#section2
This is tough practice naming decimal fractions.

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Time and Money

Analog Clock Flashcards
http://www.edu4kids.com/clock/time.php

Convert an analog clock with hands to digital time.
Analog Time Compare
http://www.edu4kids.com/clock/time2.php

Compare analog clocks to determine which shows the passage of more time.
Analog Time Difference
http://www.edu4kids.com/clock/time3.php

Practice finding out how much time has expired.
U.S. Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

A variety of games and online activities about money, from the people who make it.
Money Experience for Kids!
http://www.edu4kids.com/money/

An assortment of activities that can be individually adjusted.
How Much Money?
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/Flashcards/money

Pictures of actual money are used in this activity to count how much there is.
FunBrain.com - Change Maker
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi

Here change is made, with pictures of actual money helping to show the coins and currency used.

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