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Find math resources for third through eighth grade here (ages 8-14). Topics include multiplication, division, fractions, reading and creating bar charts, computing the mean and distributions. We also include a few refreshers on subtraction and addition.

Estimating or approximating is making an educated guess as to what the answer might be. If you don’t believe me watch the following video that explains how to use estimation to solve math problems. It’s one of our most popular videos. I’m not sure if it’s the usefulness of estimation […]

VIDEO – Estimation and the world’s largest Venus fly trap

March 11, 2019 in Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Fish Lake: Two Ojibwe men in a canoe — What does “mixed form” mean? How do you convert from a mixed fraction to a, well, regular fraction? Watch this video and have your fraction questions answered. This is a video from our game FISH LAKE. GET IT HERE In Fish Lake, players practice math problem-solving strategies while learning how […]

VIDEO – Mixed form to fraction from

March 7, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Spirit Lake - game teaching multiplication, division and Dakota history — Some people call it long multiplication. Maybe because it takes a long time? We’re here to help. In this video you’ll learn how to solve long multiplication problems and do a math reality check. Like this video? You’ll love our game Spirit Lake which has many more videos like this. […]

VIDEO – Multiplying Large Numbers

March 7, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Mathematics / multiplication / Third Grade / Two-digit multiplication by Daniel Mondaca

Spirit Lake has multiplication word problems — Test your subtraction knowledge. Do you know these five things? Like this video? You’ll love our game Spirit Lake, with videos like this and much more. Recommended Grades 3-5Math: Multiplication and DivisionHistory: Dakota (Sioux) History, Plains Native Americans In Spirit Lake, players practice multiplication, division, geometry through word problems while […]

VIDEO – 5 Things To Know About Subtraction

March 5, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Mathematics / Second Grade / subtraction / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

How Native Americans used fractions to catch rabbits. Video from Spirit Lake: The Game. In Spirit Lake, players practice multiplication, division, geometry through word problems while learning about the Native American history of Dakota. Save your tribe from attacks and a spreading epidemic by solving math problems while escaping rabid […]

VIDEO – How to understand fractions

February 25, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Chicken coops with 15 eggs — We use eggs to explain how to add and multiply fractions with like denominators. Like this video? You’ll love our games! Try them today here In Fish Lake, players practice with fractions while learning math problem-solving strategies. They’ll also be introduced to Native American history. Watch out for poisonous snakes! […]

VIDEO – Adding and Multiplying Fractions With Like Denominators

February 25, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Math / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Making Camp Lakota screen for mini-game choices — Not knowing the proper division terms can lead to very big problems! Watch this video from our game Making Camp Premium to see why we need to learn division. Also, you’ll learn some division vocabulary such as dividend, divisor, quotient, and remainder, that will definitely help you. Check it out! […]

VIDEO – Division Terms

February 15, 2019 in 7GenGames / Division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / problem-solving by Daniel Mondaca

Meg and Joe with their apple trees — Watch this video if you would like to learn how to visualize to solve your problems or at least your math problems. We can’t help you with the other stuff, although visualizing can help you achieve many other goals! For now, we are learning how to visualize math problems with […]

VIDEO- Problem Solving: Visualize

February 8, 2019 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Freebie Friday / Math / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers by Julia De Mars

Problem-solving:Estimiate — Rounding, estimating, and Venus fly traps oh my! Don’t be intimidated, this will be an exciting adventure on the journey to get Jenny to see the world’s largest Venus fly trap with math. Like this freebie? Then you’ll love Making Camp Premium. So many great activities on math, history, and […]

VIDEO- Estimation and the world’s largest Venus fly trap

February 1, 2019 in Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Freebie Friday / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers by Julia De Mars

Zombies — Think we couldn’t fit zombies into a video on math terms? Ha! You underestimate us! Sometimes students get a problem wrong not because they don’t know the answer but because they don’t understand the question. What is the difference between 210 and 11 ? Well, one is a three-digit number […]

Math Terms with Zombies: Ten-Minute Lesson

January 28, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers by AnnMaria De Mars

spaghetti — Word Problems are Hard for Many Students. Here’s one way to make these easier I don’t care how old you are, word problems can confuse you. This is particularly true when you have a lot of extra information. That’s what the world is like, though. When you need to figure […]

Ten-minute lesson: Problem-solving tip for word problems – Start at ...

January 24, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Division / Fourth Grade / Mathematics by AnnMaria De Mars

giraffe — If Janie had 3 avocados and Frank owns 2 giraffes, how many hippopotamuses does it take to make it rain for 6 days? Do word problems ever make you feel like this? Many students who have no problem with “What is 12 x 4?” get stuck when the question involves […]

Build a model: Ten minutes on problem-solving

January 23, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Fourth Grade / Mathematics / multiplication / problem-solving by AnnMaria De Mars