Explore the provided information below to find textbook and assignment downloads, practice quizzes, and other helpful videos and weblinks. Please note that due to copywrite regulations, all downloadable material below is password protected (students can obtain the password from Mr. Fischer).
Practice Quizzes and Assignment Downloads |
Assessment Piece |
Description |
Practice Quiz:
Multiples
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This practice quiz covers multiples and finding the lowest common multiple between two numbers. This quiz is from the Nelson Education website. |
Practice Quiz:
Factors
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This practice quiz covers factors and finding common factors between two numbers. This quiz is from the Nelson Education website. |
Practice Quiz:
Powers
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This practice quiz covers powers the evaluation and the writing of numbers as powers. This quiz is from the Nelson Education website. |
Assignment:
Four-Fours
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In this assignment, students must create expressions which equal one through ten. The catch is that they must use four 4s in order to create the expressions. |
Practice Quiz:
Order of Operations
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This practice quiz covers the use of the order of operations to evaulate math expressions. The expressions involve both brackets and exponents. This quiz is from the Nelson Education website. |
Unit Project:
Designing Interesting Numbers
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This project is adapted from the Nelson textbook. In the project, students must represent their chosen number is a variety of forms. |
Helpful Videos and Weblinks |
Link |
Description |
Online Practice:
Multiple Matrix
Source: wickED Interactives |
This is a good introduction to multiples. Click on the question mark in the question section (bottom left) to start the interactive. Shockwave is required for this activity. |
Online Game:
Grid Game (Factors and Multiples)
Source: Maths File (BBC Educational Resource) |
Find factors, multiples, powers, and prime numbers on a grid. This is a GREAT overall review of these concepts. This application requires shockwave. |
Online Practice:
Using Divisibility Rules
Source: AAA Math (via Nelson Publishing) |
Use these links to practice using the divisibility rules for numbers 2 to 10. |
Online Practice:
Square Root Flash Cards
Source: A+ Math |
Try out these practice questions involving finding perfect roots. This is great for those who need to work on speed for evaluating square roots. |
Online Practice:
Matching Squares
Source: Quia Math |
Match the squares with their corresponding square root. |
Online Practice:
Order of Operations - Basic
Source: Math Frog (University of Waterloo) |
This game is great to work on mental calculations! These problems do not involve brackets or exponents, but you still must be careful. The game challenges you to evaluate as many expressions as possible within a two minute time limit. |
Online Game:
Order of Operations - Advanced
Source: Harcourt School Publishers (e-lab) |
In this game, you are to choose which operation symbol (+, -, x, or ÷ ) is required in order for the equation to be true. There are only five question per game, so try the game several times to practice this skill. |
Online Practice:
Order of Operations - Order
Source: Explore Learning (Gizmos) |
This is a quick way to practice the order in which to solve problems using the order of operations. Click on the blue operations in the order in which they should be calculated. Those without accounts to Explore Learning will only have 5 minutes to use the gizmo. |
