• Describing the method used
• Determining the reasonableness of results
• Using percents to solve problems, including problems involving discounts, taxes, commissions, and simple interest

The Meaning of Decimals:
A complete course in arithmetic basics, with an emphasis on doing math "naturally in our heads."

Introduction To The Number Line:
The students will learn how to add and subtract using the number line with positive and negative numbers.

A "New Set of Numbers".  An Introduction to Integers:
A written lesson plan teaching students to add and subtract positive and negative integers.

Skill in Arithmetic:
A complete course in arithmetic basics, with an emphasis on doing math "naturally in our heads."

Where Does Money Come From: 
Students are given practice in performing basic operations while learning about how taxes work.

The Great Depression - What would it be like today?: 
Calculate the percentage decline in factors affecting the quality of life during the 1930s, and what the same percentage decline for these factors would mean for our lives today.

What's the Cost?: 
Compare the cost of living in 1850s New York and the costs of various items today.

How Much Do You Weigh In Outer Space?: 
Students learn about the relationship between mass, gravity, and weight, and apply it to determine weight on other planets in our solar system.

The Movies: All About Film: 
Students explore rate and distance measurements with this activity about movie reels.

Human Capital for Money:  
Students compare salaries and wages of various occupations.

Should I Use Cash or Credit? 
Students use the concept of opportunity cost to build decision making skills.

The Costs of Credit: 
Students develop an understanding of credit and interest rates.

A Roof of Your Own: 
Students explore the economics of home buying.

The Opportunity Cost of a Lifetime: 
Economics assumes people don't have all the resources to satisfy all of their wants so we must make decisions about how to allocate our resources.

What's Happening in the New Economy? 
Students examine the impact of technology on the economy.

Where Does the Money Come From?
A Lesson on Taxes

Human Capital for Money:
Students compare salaries and wages of various occupations.

Finding Satisfactory Solutions: 
Students explore and practice the creative aspects of problem solving.

Budget-Making: 
Students will become familiar with government funding, services, and budgets.

IOU:
An introduction to the national debt.

What's the Cost?: 
Compare the cost of living in 1850s New York and the costs of various items today.

Identifying Properties:
A lesson on distinguishing among the various properties.

Multiplying Polynomials:
Students will learn how to multiply polynomials using the distributive properties and the FOIL method.

Cyberchase: 
Equivalent fractions game.

Mixed Number & Improper Fraction Bingo.

Fun and Sun Rent-A-Car: 
Students are presented with a real-world dilemma - calculating the best deal among rental car rates. Includes both print and on-line versions.

Budgeting: 
Addresses budgeting basics with a role-playing exercise

Fractions: 
Online, interactive fraction lessons and concepts.

Add Unlike Fractions:  
Online practice and instruction in addition of fractions with unlike denominators.

Subtract Fractions: 
Online practice and instruction in subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators.

Rational Numbers:
Introduction to operations with rational numbers.

Operations with Negative Numbers: 
Students are often confused by negative numbers. Take the mystery out of operations with negative numbers.

Visual Fractions:
Virtual math manipulative using number lines.

Line Jumper:
A funbrain virtual math manipulative that allows students to solve addition and subtraction problems of integers using a number line.

Compare and Order Rational Numbers:
A series of lessons explaining how to compare and order fractions, decimals, integers, and whole numbers.

Comparing Integers: 
Brief explanation and online practice in comparing integers. Follow table of contents link for similar material.

Ordering Numbers: 
Brief explanation and online practice in ordering integers. Follow table of contents link for similar material.

Math Goodies:
A lesson on comparing and ordering numbers.

aaamath.com Properties of Addition: 
Very brief explanation of addition properties, with examples and online practice.

Equations and Inequalities Lessons

Properties of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and Exponentiation.

Algebra Postulates:
The basic postulates of equality, inequality, and operations.

Simplifying Using Distribution:
Explanations and practice using the distributive property.

Properties of Multiplication: 
Very brief explanation of addition properties, with examples and online practice.

Number Properties: 
Notes and examples for teaching the associative, commutative, and distributive properties.

Getting Unstuck: 
These tips can help you overcome mental barriers in problem solving.

This is an online tutorial on translating and solving word problems.         

How Many Pearls?: 
Online practice in two estimation techniques.

Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers: 
A virtual math manipulative that allows students to manipulate numbers in an interactive game.

Visualize Fractions: 
Online practice with visual representations of fractions and mixed numbers.  Make sure you click on Grampy - the little pink man.

Mixed Number Subtraction Worksheet.

All About Comparing:
These pages teach number comparison skills. Each page includes an explanation, interactive practice, and challenging games.

Houghton Mifflin Teaching models for comparing and ordering integers.

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