ABE/GED Mathematics Activities & Student Worksheets

ABE/GED Mathematics Activities & Student Worksheets

Denise Reddington NH Bureau of Adult Education Mini-Grant

September 2008

ABE/GED Mathematics Activities & Student Worksheets Index

Introduction

Index Math Can Be Fun General Game and Activity Ideas Blank MATHO Card

A & B C C & D E

Whole Numbers

Place Value Numbers, Numbers, Numbers Rounding Whole Numbers World Population Math Activity Exponents Order of Operations Wages and Word Problems Card Games: Place Value & Multiplication Facts

1-2-3 4-5 6-7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17

Fractions

Writing Fractions Drawing Fractions Mixed Numbers Equivalent Fractions Using Cross Multiplication to Compare Fractions One-Half One-Quarter Dice Digit Fractions

18 19 20-21 22 23 24-25-26 27 28

Decimals

Writing Decimals Comparing Decimals Rounding Decimals Activities Using Decimal Cards

29 30 31-32 33-34

Percent, Ratio & Proportion

Writing Percents Plus Percent to Decimal Decimal to Percent Fraction to Percent Finding the Percent of a Number Store Discounts & Taxes

35 36 37 38 39-40 41

A

Finding 10% of a Number NH Meals Tax The Percent Box Method Percent of Increase & Decrease Ratios Probability How I Spend My Day Activity

42 43 44-45-46 47 48 49 50

Activities Using Fraction, Decimal & Percent Cards 51-52-53

Data Analysis

Mean, Median & Mode Using a Heat Index Wind Chill Chart

54 55-56 57-58

Algebra

Understanding Integers Make A Number Line Using A Number Line Ordering Integers Race To Ten Game Solving 1-Step Equations Solving Equations ?Words Evaluate Expressions Using Formulas-Convert Fahrenheit & Celsius Using Formulas-Find Body Mass Index Algebra Matho Scientific Notation

59 60 61 62 63 64-65-66-67 68 69 70-71 72-73 74-75 76-77

Geometry

Angles Vocabulary Triangle Vocabulary Geometry Words Test Formulas Circle Formulas The Coordinate Plane Plotting a Patriotic Pair Plotting Points Game Blank Coordinate Grid

78 79 80-81 82 83-84-85 86-87 88 89 90

Calculator Fun

Upside Down Calculator

91-92

B

Math Can Be Fun !

Math skills can be taught , practiced and reinforced in many different ways. There are a variety of alternatives to the big GED books and the giant lists of problems found in some workbooks. Math games and activities can be used in the GED classroom to engage students in the learning process while having fun. Worksheets can easily be modified, used in a variety of ways and turned into activities. Examples of this can be found throughout this booklet.

Following is a summary of an article from Steve Sugar on "Ten of the Very Best Reasons for Using Classroom Games". ( )

? Games are fun with a purpose. ? Games give the student and teacher immediate feedback. ? Games provide an environment that transforms the passive student into an active

part of the learning process. ? Games engage players and motivate them to interact with the topic. ? Games encourage collaborative learning and team work. ? Games accelerate the rate of learning. ? Games allow the teacher to be flexible and add variety to their lessons. ? Games can be customized to any size class, even one-on-one

General Game & Activity Ideas

1. One way of turning a worksheet into an activity is by playing MATHO.

Using the game sheet found on the following page, turn any worksheet into an activity. Write the answers to a worksheet (16 to 20 answers) on the board and have students copy the answers onto different squares on their game board. They then match the problem number on their worksheet with the answers on their game board by writing the answer in the circle.

Turn the worksheet into a game by having students work independently or in teams to be the first to get 4 matches in a row, column or diagonal or to be the first to match all the questions and answers.

2. Use index cards in a variety of ways

Write questions on one index card and the answers on another in a different color. Students may also want to do this part. In teams or independently, have students match questions with answers. They could also play "Concentration". Depending on the topic, the teacher could also deal out the questions or the answer cards to students and have them match orally. The first one to get rid of their cards wins.

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3. Play I Have-Who Has This game can be played using a variety of different math topics. For example, to practice whole number computation and vocabulary, prepare index cards prior to the beginning of the activity. One card must be the "Begin Card", start with that one. The rest of the cards must follow using problems that include one or more of the basic functions and the answer to another. Each card must connect to another. For example: " Who has 10 x 10 ?" (this is the beginning card) " I have 100, who has 100/10 ?" "I have 10, who has 25 + 150 ?" ect.......ect.......ect...... This game is fun to play with a small group, but could also be used independently. The student could match the cards in a line on the table. Students may also want to make their own set of cards. The possibilities are endless.

4. Check out Florida's collection of ABE, Pre-GED and GED lesson plans. For 50 GED Math Lessons go to: GED/LessonPlans/Mathematics/Mathematics.htm For excellent Pre-GED Lessons that include worksheets go to: 2005PreGED/Pre-GED%20math.pdf For ABE lessons on levels 1 to 8.9 that include worksheets go to: resources.html Scroll down to Learning Activities Resource Guide

and click on the level you are interested in.

The Matho Game sheet is on the next page. An example of how it's used is on pages

74 ?75 in the Algebra section.

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MATHO

E

Place Value Chart

1

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________

Place Value

Write the place and the value of the underlined digit.

1. 30,030 tens or 30

5. 2,230

2. 20,088 6. 87,953

3. 8,614 7. 8,004

4. 32,574 8. 5,675

9. 91,043

10. 84,929

11. 1,066

12. 4,300

13. 18,305

14. 93,388

15. 7,330

16. 69,669

17. 1,778

18. 2,809

19. 72,149

20. 7,977

21. 2,761

22. 7,485

Adapted from

23. 3,072

24. 54,986

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