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Peer reviewedDana, Marcia E.; Lindquist, Mary Montgomery – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Outlined is the preparation and use of graph paper for activities in counting' approximation, making bar graphs, and decimals. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Graphs, Instruction
Peer reviewedScheuer, Donald W., Jr. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Greatest common factor and least common multiple are the concepts used to play this game that has football as its basis. Rules and examples are given. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Instruction
Tollefson, Irene – Pointer, 1977
A teacher describes an activity designed to help children understand the number concepts of the basic addition facts with sums of 11 or greater. (CL)
Descriptors: Addition, Elementary Secondary Education, General Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedBrickman, Mary – Arithmetic Teacher, 1986
Empty food containers can be used to have students devise mathematical problems. Sample questions that might be asked about two food boxes are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedGardiner, Tony – Mathematics in School, 1986
Exploring the strategies used in simple games for two players is discussed. Six games are briefly described, followed by suggestions for analyzing them. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedVan de Walle, John; Thompson, Charles S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Presents activities designed to help young children learn basic notions of estimation (or "about how much"). The subcategories included in the article are: "About How Many"; "About How Long or How Far"; "About How Big"; and "About How Many with Very Large Amounts." (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Estimation (Mathematics), Learning Activities
Peer reviewedLyon, Betty Clayton – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
How to take an existing magic square and surround it with a magic border is described, with a number of examples. (MNS)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedOckenga, Earl; Duea, Joan – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
Four worksheets are provided for giving students experience with addition facts, subtraction facts, multiplication facts, and with building equations involving more than one operation. (DT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedSwan, Malcolm – Mathematics in School, 1976
Graphical representations of modular arithmetic multiplication tables and of equations in modular systems are investigated. (DT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Buerk, Dorothy – Mathematics Teaching, 1976
A paper staircase drawn on a grid forms the basis for a discovery lesson in algebra. (DT)
Descriptors: Algebra, Geometric Concepts, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedSawada, Daiyo – Arithmetic Teacher, 1974
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Games, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedAndo, Masue; Ikeda, Hitoshi – Arithmetic Teacher, 1971
The authors suggest how the patterns in the digits in the multiplication tables may be exploited in the classroom. (MM)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedManheim, Jerome H. – Mathematics Teacher, 1979
A systematic search is given for products where reversing the digits does not change the answer. Related questions are suggested that can be solved by the same discovery approach. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Instruction, Learning Activities, Multiplication
Peer reviewedRichardson, Lloyd I. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
Two inquiry-oriented lessons that involve students in numerous computations, but are also enjoyable mathematics activities, are described. Drill activities are camouflaged by the challenge of a game. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Games, Instruction
Hutton, Joyce – Mathematics Teaching, 1977
A series of lessons concerning money and place value is described and instructional techniques are analyzed. (DT)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Learning Activities
