Decimal Tiles

Every semester I always say that I want to do more to help my Pre-Algebra students understand the idea of ordering decimals from least to greatest.  The Decimal Tiles below are part of my attempt to do so.  To prepare this activity, I pre-cut about 10 sets of the tiles and had my students work in groups of 2-3 to order the tiles from least to greatest.  Although all of the groups did not get the order correct, they were on the right track and on average had just a few numbers out of place.  What impressed me the most…
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Pre-Algebra and Algebra Resources

A few months ago I had students in my Basic College Math class create a game about fractions.  One student created "Fraction Bingo".  I decided to search the web to see if there were printable bingo sheets available.  Well, there were, along with some other activities that I found on the same website from Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.  And below is a list of a few of my favorite ones, appropriate for college-level basic math classes (organized by topic): Operations on Numbers Zero Sum Card Game  Adding Whole Numbers Tic-Tac-Toe Order of Operations "24" Fraction Bingo Fractions, Decimals, Percents Fraction/Decimal/Percent…
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