Middle School Basic Operations Independent Work Packet

Are you looking for a fun way to practice multiplication, subtraction, and addition with decimals? Then look no further! This is an engaging activity for all students. This is a fun math project to practice multiplication with decimals. Students will get to put their math skills into practice in a real life situation. They will create a mock cotton candy stand where they will have to be in charge of buying their product, figuring out how much each customer owes, and how much they will profit. This activity lets each student set up their own cotton candy stand, so all their answers may differ. At the end of the activity students will determine if their cotton candy stand was successful, whether they made a big enough profit to do it again.

This activity has students practice multiplying, dividing, and subtracting numbers with decimals.

What's included:

• A letter to the teacher explaining the task.
• A letter to the students (business owner) explaining their task.
• A page for students to create their own sign for their shop.
• The product page, where students will pick what products they will buy.
• Hourly sales page (There are two options) One will break it down for each step and there is another page that is more challenging for your higher math students to stretch their thinking and not lay out each step explicitly.
• A total sales sheet with reflection questions.
• A social media post for students to create.

The best part? Students have autonomy over their own cotton candy stand. Let them have the reins of their learning. It allows for math practice and a little creativity.

Get creative in the classroom and have your students apply real world math. Show them where they might use multiplication, addition, and subtraction of decimals. Get rid of the boring old math worksheets and let your students create their own little business.

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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!

Lots of practice to FOIL binomials well. This task builds up from basic multiplication of whole numbers to complex binomials. The six tasks build gradually in complexity and involves 1) multiplying whole numbers, 2) multiplying integers, 3) multiplying positive monomials, 4) multiplying positive and negative monomials with binomials, 5) multiplying binomials with leading coefficient of 1 and 6) multiplying binomials with leading coefficient different from 1.

Students will clarify the following topics through thorough practice:

• multiplying positive and negative numbers
• adding and subtracting like terms
• exponential laws

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ind your complete ratios unit here, ready to print and teach! Each lesson is planned for a standard 40 minute class period. This bundle includes unit 1 and unit 2!

Unit 1 Packet includes:

• What is a ratio
• What a part-to-part and part-to-whole is
• How do find equivalent ratios and determine if two ratios are equivalent
• How to show ratios on double number lines, ratio tables, and tape diagrams
• How to graph on coordinate planes
• How to find unit rate

Unit 2 Packet includes:

• Understanding Percentages Using Part-to-Whole Ratios
• Finding Percents of 100 and 1
• Finding Percents of any integer
• Finding Parts when given percents and wholes
• Finding the whole when given percents and parts
• Benchmark Numbers and how to use them in ordering numbers
• Converting Fractions to Decimals
• Converting Decimals to Percentages
• Number Talks Lesson - Create a Deeper Understanding of Numbers
• 3 Page Assessment for Students to Demonstrate their Understanding

This Operations with Integers Mystery Project will have your students excited to review operations with integers! They will be solving 36 questions involving the integer operations with adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers. They will get 6 clue sheets with 6 questions on each sheet. The answer choice leftover is the answer to that part of the mystery. They will fill in a storyline with their clues to see the whole mystery come together!

This project is the perfect print and go activity! There is a rubric included and an answer key. Grading couldn't be more simple.

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Topics Covered:

Clue 1: Adding Integers

Clue 2: Subtracting Integers

Clue 3: Multiplying Integers

Clue 4: Dividing Integers

Clue 5: Mixed Operations

Clue 6: Mixed Operations

What you get:

1. 6 Clue Sheets with 6 questions on each sheet that answer the questions:

-What was stolen?

-Who took it?

-When did they take it?

-Where did they hide it?

-Who was their accomplice?

-Why did they take it?

2. A student workspace booklet

3. Fill in the blank storyline

4. Cover to decorate for your Mystery Project

5. Rubric

6. Answer Key

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With this money-saving MEGA bundle, your students will have all the basic integer operation practice they need to master ADDING AND SUBTRACTING INTEGERS. Included activities will reinforce your student's understanding, and help with differentiation.

This Product Includes:

- Adding Integers Mini Lesson and Worksheets

- Adding Integers Bingo

- Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

- Subtracting Integers Mini Lesson and Worksheets

- Subtracting Integers Bingo

- Subtracting Integers Scavenger Hunt

How to Use this Product:

Day 1: Mini Lesson on Adding Integers + 3 worksheets

Day 2: Adding Integers Bingo

Day 3: Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

Day 4: Mini Lesson on Subtracting Integers + 3 worksheets

Day 5: Subtracting Integers Bingo

Day 6: Subtracting Integers Scavenger Hunt

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Looking for a fun way to help your students be successful in 5th grade math? Look no further! This year long resource has everything you need to help your students practice each 5th grade math standard. This resource is great for EOG review as well!

What's included:

• 210 worksheets with over 800 computation and word problems, covering 19 fifth grade math standards
• Freebie- 24 Spiral Review Task Cards (printable and Google Form version)

Standards included:

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5.G.3

5.OA.1

5.OA.2

5.OA.3

5.MD.1

5.MD.2

5.MD.4

5.MD.5

5.NF.1

5.NF.3

5.NF.4

5.NF.7

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5.NBT.3

5.NBT.4

5.NBT.5

5.NBT.6

5.NBT.7

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Fractions are tough, unexciting and abstract. This 6-page task (with complete key), makes them practical, easy and applicable to real life.

Students will practice the skills of

• equivalent fractions
• comparing fractions
• adding fractions
• adding mixed numbers
• getting common denominators
• using ratio to compare mm to inches.

The task can be used well for

• review in later grades
• group work
• an end of unit assessment
• work (problem) stations
• homework (with mom and dad in the work shed)

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ind your complete ratios unit here, ready to print and teach! Each lesson is planned for a standard 40 minute class period. This bundle includes unit 1 and unit 2!

Unit 1 Packet includes:

• What is a ratio
• What a part-to-part and part-to-whole is
• How do find equivalent ratios and determine if two ratios are equivalent
• How to show ratios on double number lines, ratio tables, and tape diagrams
• How to graph on coordinate planes
• How to find unit rate

Unit 2 Packet includes:

• Understanding Percentages Using Part-to-Whole Ratios
• Finding Percents of 100 and 1
• Finding Percents of any integer
• Finding Parts when given percents and wholes
• Finding the whole when given percents and parts
• Benchmark Numbers and how to use them in ordering numbers
• Converting Fractions to Decimals
• Converting Decimals to Percentages
• Number Talks Lesson - Create a Deeper Understanding of Numbers
• 3 Page Assessment for Students to Demonstrate their Understanding

This Writing Linear Equations Mystery Project will have your students excited to review linear functions! They will be solving 36 questions involving writing linear equations given two points, a graph, a point and slope, perpendicular and parallel lines and point slope form. They will get 6 clue sheets with 6 questions on each sheet. The answer choice leftover is the answer to that part of the mystery. They will fill in a storyline with their clues to see the whole mystery come together!

This project is the perfect print and go activity! There is a rubric included and an answer key. Grading couldn't be more simple.

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Topics Covered:

Clue 1: Finding Slope

Clue 2: Writing Equations given a graph

Clue 3: Writing Equations given a point and slope

Clue 4: Writing Equations given two points

Clue 5: Writing Equations that are Parallel & Perpendicular

Clue 6: Writing Equations in Point Slope Form

What you get:

1. 6 Clue Sheets with 6 questions on each sheet that answer the questions:

-What was stolen?

-Who took it?

-When did they take it?

-Where did they hide it?

-Who was their accomplice?

-Why did they take it?

2. A student workspace booklet

3. Fill in the blank storyline

4. Cover to decorate for your Mystery Project

5. Rubric

6. Answer Key

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With this money-saving bundle, your students will have all the basic integer operation practice they need to master adding integers. Included activities will reinforce your student's understanding, and help with differentiation.

This Product Includes:

- Adding Integers Mini Lesson and Worksheets

- Adding Integers Bingo

- Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

How to Use this Product:

Day 1: Mini Lesson on Adding Integers + 3 worksheets

Day 2: Adding Integers Bingo

Day 3: Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

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Looking for a fun way to help your students be successful in 5th Grade Math? Look no further! This year long mega bundle has everything you need to help your students master each 5th Grade Math standard!

What can you expect for each standard?

• 4+ Practice Worksheets
• 24 Task Cards | Printable and Digital versions
• Exit Ticket
• Quiz | Printable and Digital versions

What's included in all:

• 210 worksheets with over 800 Computation and Word Problems
• 26 Exit Tickets (half pages for journal use)
• 26 Quizzes (printable and Google Form versions)
• 24 Task Card Sets- 576 total cards (printable and Google Form versions)
• 4 Spiral Review Jeopardy Games in Google Slides- 100 total Word Problems
• 20 Day Spiral Review EOG Countdown resource with 5 EOG Style Word Problems per day
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This classroom tried and tested data and statistics activity helps students to see the benefit of gathering their own quantitative and qualitative data to make real-life choices. We have all wondered - which water container should I buy? Are the expensive water containers really that much better? Students compare 4 water containers quantitatively for how effectively they keep water warm and cold. They also compare them qualitatively, looking at price, durability, design and other subjective measures.

This resource works great as ...

• a task
• a class project (it takes roughly a week)
• distance learning
• math centers
• constructive group work when introducing the topic of data and statistics.

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This PreAlgebra Math Skills Escape Room is completely SELF CHECKING (and printable) and includes 40 questions to escape the school that was accidentally automatically locked! Students will complete 4 multiple choice questions (WITHOUT A CALCULATOR) in each of the 10 rooms covering math skills that are covered in Pre Algebra, including order of operations, linear equations, exponents, GCF, LCM, square roots, decimals, percentages & fractions, the coordinate plan, irregular shapes and simple proportions! After they solve the questions they will take their letter answer choice in order and write it under the locked door.

Before they can move to the next room they will go to the LOCK DECODER (Google Sheet) and put their code in. If the box turns green they can move to the next room. If the box turns red they must find their error and try again!

Their FINAL CHALLENGE will be to create their own multiple choice question per topic, which a template is provided for.

Why you need this:

- completely independent & self checking

- a story to keep your students intrigued

- will help your students with their basic math skills

- no calculator need (just print this packet)

Topics Included:

Room 1: The Library of ORDER OF OPERATIONS

Room 2: The LINEAR EQUATIONS Garden

Room 3: The EXPONENTS Chamber

Room 4: The GREATEST COMMON FACTOR Den

Room 5: The SQUARE ROOT Parlor

Room 6: The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE Laboratory

Room 7: The DECIMALS, PERCENTAGES AND FRACTIONS Nook

Room 8: The COORDINATE PLANE Tower

Room 9: The IRREGULAR SHAPES Gallery

Room 10: The SIMPLE PROPORTIONS Study

What is included:

- Cover Page

- Direction Page for students

- Google Sheets Link for LOCK DECODER

- 10 student sheets with 4 multiple choice questions each

- Template for the FINAL CHALLENGE

GREAT FOR:

- Math Skills Review

- High School Math Skills class

- Extra Credit Project

- Individual Review

- Test Prep (in an engaging way)

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Looking for a quick, no prep sub plan for math? These 3 worksheets cover adding integers in an easy to understand, straightforward way.

Included are the rules for adding integers with the same signs and different signs. This makes this resource absolutely no work for a sub coming into your classroom!

Each section can be graded, making your students accountable for their work while you are away.

Let this resource take away the stress of prepping for a substitute.

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Looking for a fun way to help your students be successful in 4th grade math? Look no further! This year long resource has everything you need to help your students practice each 4th grade math standard. This resource is great for EOG review as well!

What's included:

• 200 worksheets with 800+ problems covering 24 fourth grade math standards
• Freebie- 24 Spiral Review Task Cards (printable and Google Form version)

Standards included:

4.G.1

4.G.2

4.G.3

4.MD.1

4.MD.2

4.MD.3

4.MD.6

NC.4.MD.8 (this is the time standard which is 4.MD.2 for CCSS)

NC.4.MD.4 (bar graphs and line plots)

4.OA.1

4.OA.3

4.OA.4

4.OA.5

4.NF.1

4.NF.2

4.NF.3

4.NF.4

4.NF.6

4.NF.7

4.NBT.1

4.NBT.2

4.NBT.4

4.NBT.5

4.NBT.6

4.NBT.7

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Knowing every detail on your calculator and how it works, is the BEST feeling... as you do not have to interrupt your teacher a hundred times for help!

Independent work by students – no prep needed by teacher. Just print a copy of the tutorial and task for each student and watch them learn how to use their calculators well. This step by step Exponents and Roots Tutorial, with images of the calculator and the relevant keys, guides students to independently become 100% comfortable with their calculator. The aim of the tutorial is DIY for students. Print the tutorial, hand it to students and watch them be able to ...

1. Calculate the square and square root of all numbers.

2. Calculate any higher power than 2 of any number.

3. Calculate any root other than the square root of any number.

4. Do complex computations with all exponents and roots using their calculator.

Also, take a look at the task Cards and Key of this same calculator, on the same topic, and get the two together. You will find it here:

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This calculator tutorial and task series addresses the challenge of a classroom full of students who have a variety of different calculators. The series contains eight of the most popular calculators used in US Middle Schools.

TI-30Xa, TI-30XIIS, TI-30XS Multiview, TI 34 Multiview, TI-36X Pro, Casio fx-300ES Plus, Casio fx-300MS Plus, Casio fx-300MS

Square root, Square, Cube Root, Cube, Powers of 2, Powers of 3, Exponents, Raising numbers to powers, raising numbers to exponents, Taking the roots of whole numbers

When should students use a calculator in mathematics? When fluency with mathematical procedures without the help of a calculator are well established, students should be able to use calculators with more complex mathematical problems, real-life applications and calculations involving very large and small numbers.

This 6.NS.2 CCSS aligned resource includes 6 Practice Worksheets with 16 Computation Problems and 16 Word Problems. This resource reinforces Dividing Whole Numbers (3 digit by 2 digit and 4 digit by 2 digit).

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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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Are you looking for a resource to teach or reinforce 4 Digit by 1 Digit Multiplication using Area Models/Arrays? Look no further! This resource includes 3 worksheet sets focusing on specific types of Area Model Problems to help you differentiate in your classroom. There are 12 total practice worksheets with 36 problems of varying difficulty. Use all of the pages, or differentiate based on the needs of your students!

Scaffolded Levels Included:

• Area Models filled in with the equation only
• Area Models completely blank
• Area Models have missing portions for students to fill in

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Knowing every detail on your calculator and how it works, is the BEST feeling... as you do not have to interrupt your teacher a hundred times for help!

Independent work by students – no prep needed by teacher. Just print a copy of the tutorial and task for each student and watch them learn how to use their calculators well.

This Exponents and Roots Task (with complete Key) gives students practice to become fluent using their calculator. The task concisely reviews the steps contained in the Exponents and Roots Tutorial. It should be used in conjunction with the Exponents and Roots Tutorial. The aim of both the Tutorial and the task is to assist students to independently become 100% comfortable with their calculator. The aim of the task is DIY for students.

The task can be used as teacher assessment, peer assessment or self assessment at the end of a fractions and decimals unit of work.

This calculator tutorial and task series addresses the challenge of a classroom full of students who have a variety of different calculators. The series contains eight of the most popular calculators used in US Middle Schools. Make sure to get all of it if you have a class like this!

TI-30Xa, TI-30XIIS, TI-30XS Multiview, TI 34 Multiview, TI-36X Pro, Casio fx-300ES Plus, Casio fx-300MS Plus, Casio fx-300MS

Square root, Square, Cube Root, Cube, Powers of 2, Powers of 3, Exponents, Raising numbers to powers, raising numbers to exponents, Taking the roots of whole numbers, Assessment, Teacher Assessment, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment, Peer Assessment, Self Assessment

When should students use a calculator in mathematics? When fluency with mathematical procedures without the help of a calculator are well established, students should be able to use calculators with more complex mathematical problems, real-life applications and calculations involving very large and small numbers.

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