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Using Benchmark Decimals to Estimate

Facebook Twitter Youtube Pinterest Rounding to the Nearest Benchmark Decimal Decimals are a fundamental aspect of mathematics that we encounter in our daily lives, from calculating prices at the grocery store to measuring the length of a rug. One essential

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Division Strategy: Decomposing the Dividend

The new Common Core Standards for Math prompted me to create this Decomposing the Dividend Strategy pack for use with students and with parents. I am quickly finding out that Common Core stresses not only arming students with a variety

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Divisibility Rules

The new Common Core Standards for Math prompted me to create this Divisibility Rules Pack for use in my own classroom. Common Core emphasizes the need to develop mental math strategies with students.  Understanding the divisibility rules will allow students

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