High School Basic Operations Activities

This is a worksheet of 14 problems to use as an introduction or as an intervention for combining like terms.

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LESSON: ONE_STEP EQUATIONS PUZZLE GAME

GRADE LEVEL: MIDDLE SCHOOL

TIME FRAME: 1 HOUR

OBJECTIVE:

o The learner will work to solve one-step equations with rational numbers.

o The learner will solve equations that include decimals fractions, to solve for x.

MATERIALS:

o Scissors

o Zip lock bags

o Construction paper and glue

o Optional: lamination for storage and reuse. If you choose this, construction paper and glue will not be needed, as they will not glue the pieces to construction paper.

o Print out of puzzle for the instructor as an answer sheet.

PREPARATION:

Students will be working in pairs to complete the equations puzzle, which requires students to solve one-step equations with rational number. Place students in teams of two. Duplicate enough copies for each team to have one puzzle. Cut out the puzzle pieces and place them into a Ziplock bag.

Optional: You may laminate the puzzle pieces for reuse if you choose to keep the pieces to use one year to the next. However, you will not need construction paper and glue if lamination is chosen.

INTRODUCTION: (20 minutes)

Ask students what constitutes an equation.

Answer: An equation says that two things are equal, and may contain two or more

variables.

Ask students what constitute a rational number.

Answer: A number that you can put into fraction such a decimal, fraction, percent or

whole number.

Review how to work through a one-step equation using the following equations:

• 5x=80 Answer (16)

• x+-20=17 Answer: (37)

• x-(-10)=-10 Answer: (-20)

• x-4 1/3=2 2/3 Answer: (7)

HELPFUL VIDEO: (10 minutes)

Helpful Youtube video links included.

TEAM ACTIVITY: (30 minutes)

Provide each team with a puzzle in a Ziplock bag. Provide students 15-30 minutes to solve the equations and place the puzzle together. You may even encourage a competition to see which groups can complete the puzzle first providing prizes to first place, second place, and third place. Once they have the puzzle completed, have them glue it to a piece of construction paper if you have not chosen to laminate the game pieces for reuse.

CLOSURE / EVALUATION: (20 minutes)

Using an overhead projector or smart board projector that will display the puzzle pieces, work with the class to solve the puzzle. Students will check their answers.

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY/HOMEWORK

Give students a blank chart and allow them to create a puzzle for that they can give to another group/student to complete. Make sure the student keeps a copy of the puzzle to act as the answer sheet.

TEACHER’S ANSWER SHEET

Each puzzle has the answers in itself before being cut into puzzle pieces. The equations on the outer edges of the puzzle will not have answers to match. This makes the puzzle more challenging

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In this activity, students will have 15 problems with integer answers. They will practice solely one-step addition and subtraction questions, with varying set-ups and variables. There is room to show work!

This is a great resource for independent practice, catch-up, or to assign with a substitute.

Please check the preview to see ALL 15 questions so you can determine the suitability for your classroom!

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It is always a good strategy to review essential skills with your students, and this is right up there with the most essential!

The task will help students review all the basics involved in multiplying binomials. The task is specifically useful in a classroom full of students of different abilities. It addresses the following algebraic basics:

• how to multiply integers
• how to add and subtract like terms
• how to multiply monomials (the laws of exponents)
• how to FOIL two binomials.

FOIL, Binomials Multiplication, Algebra, Like terms, Adding Integers

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"The Answers Are..." is a great Non-Curricular Thinking Task your secondary math students can all access, no matter their skill level. Each task card gives a number bank with 10 integers and 5 target answers your students must create. Using each number in the bank only one time each, students work in random teams of three to create all 5 expressions by adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. It's more challenging than you might think!

If you are implementing Building Thinking Classrooms this year, "The Answers Are..." is a great thinking task to do with your students at your Vertical Whiteboard stations during the first week of school. Once they solve one of the puzzles, they will keep coming back for more.

This lesson includes the following:

• 10 Different Task Cards using Integers
• Solutions for each Task Card
• Complete lesson instructions and pacing
• A Free Canva Template to create your own Task Cards

This activity works great as...

• a beginning of school thinking task for grades 8 and up
• a challenging activity for your 7th grade students
• an extension activity for your 6th grade students
• a way to get your students out of their seats, standing at their whiteboards, and thinking deeply about math.

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Here is a 10-page activity for kindergarten children. The objective is to add the number in the right colomn . This is a very good activity for learning math and logic.

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Multiplication Tables Fortune Tellers - Cootie Catchers - French or Any Language

Use fortune tellers / cootie catchers to have students practice multiplication tables 2 - 12 in a fun and different way.

Your students already love them, and cootie catchers are a perfect activity for reviewing this math skill at any time of the year. These games can be used in English, French, Spanish, or any world language!

This resource includes 33 fortune tellers, a multiplications chart for checking answers, and instructions on how to use the activity and fold the paper. There are 3 games for each times table 2 - 12.

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Do your students know how to properly make entries into a spreadsheet to keep track of their deposits and withdrawals? I have created an Excel and Google Sheets spreadsheet to make it easy for them. Each spreadsheet has 3 tabs - 1) showing them what I created, 2) a blank spreadsheets with headings, & 3) a black spreadsheet so they can follow the easy directions I have provided to create their own. What a great way for them to keep track of the money they receive, spend, and be able to balance their checking account!

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The Sandwich Spot Lunch Menu includes drinks, sandwiches, sides, and dessert that customers may purchase as posed in the addition and subtraction questions presented in the product. Students can then choose which products they would purchase and will be required to add and subtract chosen menu items. There are 26 addition and subtraction questions provided in this packet and each question provides space for students to solve each problem. There is an answer key included in this product.

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This Adding Integers Discovery Lesson is great for having your students figure out the rule for adding a positive and negative number together through a series of strategically planned activities! A full lesson plan is included to help you implement this discovery lesson!

Students will start off completing a Do Now and then do a turn and talk about the Do Now with a partner. After that they will complete a Let's Explore section to figure out the connections between adding a positive and negative number and the answer they are getting. After that they will fill out a notices and wonders chart and then come up with a rule for how to add a positive and negative number! They will test the rule out to see if it actually works and check it on a desk number line!

28 practice questions and a 12 question scavenger hunt are included to help them reinforce these skills!

This is perfect for:

- students learning how to add a positive and negative number for the first time

- students in a math skills class that need to deepen their number sense

- the teacher that wants to have students explore more in the classroom

What you get:

- 2 page discovery lesson (with a do now included)

- a full lesson plan on how to implement this lesson

- 28 practice questions (one pager)

- A scavenger hunt (one pager)

- Desk number line from -10 to 10

- Answer key

This resource focuses on Opposites and the Absolute Value of integers. The questions are Common Core aligned and address one specific lesson which is "Absolute value and opposite integers" ( The first lesson from 7.NS.A.1a: Describe situations in which opposite quantities combine to make 0), students can build this skill by answering on a fill-in worksheet.

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The second worksheet from 7.NS.A.1a is available here: #1 Absolute Value and Opposite Integers Math Printable Worksheet & Practice set.

The PDF has five total tasks with answer keys :

• Task 1: Find the absolute value of 40 different integers.

• Task 2: Find the opposite of 40 different integers.

• Tasks 3 & 4: Find an integer, its opposite, and its absolute value using the number line or by using the definition.

• Task 5: Find the two integers that have the same absolute value.

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After reading “Making Number Talks Matter” by Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker, I was inspired to build on their discussions of number sense.

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The goal of these activities is to ultimately get students thinking about numbers in more ways than one. When we ask them to find the amount without using pencil and paper, we ask them to find and create patterns. When I say “without counting” I mean that look they get—where they close one eye and squint and point to the numbers as they compute from their seats. Students will start to realize symmetry, groupings, and patterns.

These pages are intended for use with a projector but could be adjusted for small group instruction. The first page is intended for the initial display. Have students mentally solve the problem silently and independently. One students have an answer they can give a signal to show they have a number in mind—how you choose the signal is up to you but a simple thumbs up in front of their chest (so as not to distract or discourage their classmates) would suffice. The second page puts the same problem in the corner but leaves room for notes. Here is where you put student responses in any organized fashion you prefer—the important part here is to make sure you are recording ONLY the answers (keep your poker face!). Once you have student responses, ask students to defend their reasoning or find errors in words while you scribe their thinking on the board. This is a great opportunity for students to see that there is more than one way to approach a problem and come out with an accurate answer. As you progress, it is easy to transfer their thinking into more generalized “rules” in math.

There are 30 Multiplication problems and 30 Division problems.

Do your students struggle with factoring? Students need to practice pre-factoring skills of using the Diamond Method. This is a set of notes and practice worksheets for you to print and go. My students struggle when we start factoring with a=1 or a>1 to find the numbers that would fit the requirements. This guides students in this process. Use this for pre-teaching, independent practice, or for math intervention.

Included: Two notes and three practice sheets. The first section for notes is when there is a positive number for a x c at the top of the diamond. The second section for notes is when there is a negative number for a x c at the top of the diamond. Practice sheet #1 is for a positive a x c. Practice #2 is for a negative a x c. Practice #3 is a mixture of each.

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This project combines 10 mathematical concepts into a hands-on project - building a 3-D strawberry box. The project involves the math of carpentry, dietetics, sales, and data analysis. The math topics involved include:

• The Theorem of Pythagoras
• Geometrical Problem Solving
• Elementary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with lengths, money etc.
• Volume of prisms
• Ratio, Proportion, Percents, Fractions
• Internet research for appropriate formulas
• Mathematics by trial and error
•  Mathematics should be practical whenever it is at all possible.

Included is a link to a Google Sheet where students can ...

• experience how to "code" how to buy the right amount of wood at the cheapest price.
• make some selections of different lengths of wood to get the best price.

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"The Answers Are..." is a great Non-Curricular Thinking Task your secondary math students can all access, no matter their skill level. Each task card gives a number bank with 10 integers and 5 target answers your students must create. Using each number in the bank only one time each, students work in random teams of three to create all 5 expressions by adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. It's more challenging than you might think!

If you are implementing Building Thinking Classrooms this year, "The Answers Are..." is a great thinking task to do with your students at your Vertical Whiteboard stations during the first week of school. Once they solve one of the puzzles, they will keep coming back for more.

This lesson includes the following:

• 10 Different Task Cards using Integers
• Solutions for each Task Card
• Complete lesson instructions and pacing
• A Free Canva Template to create your own Task Cards

This activity works great as...

• a beginning of school thinking task for grades 8 and up
• a challenging activity for your 7th grade students
• an extension activity for your 6th grade students
• a way to get your students out of their seats, standing at their whiteboards, and thinking deeply about math.

Check out the preview to see the full lesson directions!

Thank you for your interest in my lessons. I hope your students enjoy them as much as mine do.

If you would like to know more about how I use Building Thinking Classrooms in my own class, check out my blog. I am also creating and refining more curricular thin slicing lessons and non-curricular thinking tasks, so follow my store or check back regularly to see what's new.

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Here is a 10-pages activity for small children. Fun Ramadan worksheets to add the numbers in the right place . This is a very good activity for learning math and logic.

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• 10 pages ( PDF ) - Fun Ramadan math Addition

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

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• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

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In these Escape the Room Riddle Worksheets, your students will be completing pre algebra topics to determine the answer to the riddle in order to escape the math lab! Topics include exponents, linear equations, algebraic expressions, integers and combining like terms. Included are 5 different worksheets with each of the following topics. There are 15 - 17 questions per page, depending on how many unique letters are in the answer to the riddle!

What you get:

• Integer Operations Worksheet (16 questions)
• Algebraic Expressions (15 questions)
• Distribution & Like Terms (17 questions)
• Evaluating Exponents (15 questions)
• Solving Multi-Step Linear Equations (17 questions)
• Answer Keys
• Workspace Pages for each worksheet

Topics Included:

• Integer operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
• Evaluating algebraic expressions (with 2 missing variables)
• Distributing and combining like terms
• Evaluating Exponents
• Solving Multi-Step Linear Equations (two step, variables on both sides, distribution with variables on both sides)

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This resource is a fill-in worksheet focusing on Quantities In Real-life situations that combine to zero. The questions are Common Core aligned and address one specific lesson ( The second lesson from 7.NS.A.1a: Quantities that combine to zero).

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The first lesson from 7.NS.A.1a is available here: #1 Absolute Value and Opposite Integers Math Printable Worksheet & Practice set.

The PDF has eight total worksheets including Answer keys :

• Page 1: Fill in the blank to make a true statement. Ten phrases are given to review basic definitions and notions of integers.

• Page 2: 15 real-life situations given to the student to find an integer that corresponds to each situation.

• Page 3: 11 real-life situations given to the student to check if each situation involves opposite quantities combining to make zero.

• Page 4: Describe three situations in which opposite quantities combine to make zero then give the number phrase that best describes each + A word problem to emphasize the concept of opposites that combine to make zero.

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This is a set of 4 math mazes. Combining Like Terms. Distributive Property. One Step Equations. Two Step Equations. Answer keys are included. Fun activities as an alternative to worksheets.

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"The Answers Are..." is a great Non-Curricular Thinking Task your math students can all access, no matter their skill level. Each task card gives a number bank and 5 target answers your students must create. Using each number in the bank only one time each, students work in teams of three to create all 5 expressions by adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. It's more challenging than you might think!

If you are implementing Building Thinking Classrooms this year, "The Answers Are..." is a great thinking task to do with your students at your Vertical Whiteboard stations during the first week of school. Once they solve one of the puzzles, they will keep coming back for more.

This FREE lesson includes the following:

• 10 Different Task Cards using only Whole Numbers
• Solutions for each Task Card
• Complete lesson instructions and pacing
• A Free Canva Template to create your own Task Cards

I created this FREE lesson so any math teacher using BTC can have access to a quick lesson plan for one of the first few days of school. Get your students out of their seats, standing at their whiteboards, and thinking deeply about math.