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Halving Squares: A #FractionsFebruary Activity
by February 21st, 2017
An important mathematics concept for children to learn is that all halves of the same whole are the same size. If the whole is divided into different sizes, then they are not halves. While halves of the same shape must be the same size, they do not have to be the same shape. For example,…
How Students Can Use Fractions to Manage Allowance
by February 13th, 2017
You can connect fractions with something most students identify with: getting money.
The Pizza Problem
by February 10th, 2017
The Pizza Problem is a great way to apply mathematical information in a real-world context. Challenge your seventh and eighth graders to apply their understanding of area and order of operations with the pricing of pizza. When teaching a unit on the area of circles, I asked a class of seventh- and eighth-grade students to investigate…
