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Alaska Performance Standards
Grade 4
Estimation and Computation
The student determines reasonable answers to real-life situations, paper/pencil computations, or calculator results.

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Lessons (3)

Introduction to various estimation methods through the simulation of a forest fire.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Modeling, Number and Operations

Related Topics: estimation, probability, probability simulation

Introduces students to making estimations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, area, arithmetic, comparing, counting, division, estimation, length, multiplication, percentages, percents, scale, subtraction

Students practice arithmetic skills. Can be tailored for practice of all types of single operation arithmetic ranging from simple addition to operations with integers and decimals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, algorithm, arithmetic, coordinate, data, decimals, division, fractions, graph, integers, linear equations, linear functions, multiplication, subtraction

Activities (7)

Students play a generalized version of connect four, gaining the chance to place a piece on the board by answering arithmetic questions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division). Parameters: time, difficulty level, types of questions. Arithmetic Four is one of the Interactivate assessment games.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, division, integers, multiplication, negative number, positive number, positive part of the operand, subtraction, whole numbers

Arithmetic Quiz gives the user randomized questions to answer on arithmetic with whole numbers and integers. Parameters: Level of difficulty and types of questions. Arithmetic Quiz is one of the Interactivate assessment quizzes.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, associative, commutative, division, integers, multiplication, negative number, positive number, positive part of the operand, subtraction, whole numbers

Compare two sets of objects, using estimation to determine which is greater. Estimate a number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape. Parameter: error tolerance. Comparison Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, assessment, comparing, counting, estimation, length, scale

Practice estimation skills by determining the number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape. Parameters: error tolerance of estimate. Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, assessment, counting, estimation, length, scale

Play a "Connect-Four" style game, earning a game piece each time you answer an estimation question correctly. This game asks the players to estimate the answer to addition, multiplication, and percentage questions. Choose difficulty level, question types, and time. Estimator Four is one of the Interactivate assessment games.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, estimation, integers, multiplication, percentages, percents

Test your estimation skills by answering questions. This quiz asks you to estimate the answer to addition, multiplication, and percentage questions. Choose difficulty level, question types, and time. Estimator Quiz is one of the Interactivate assessment quizzes.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, counting, distributive, integers, multiplication, percentages, percents

Practice estimation skills by determining whether the number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape is more or less than the number given. Parameters: error tolerance of estimate. More or Less Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, comparing, counting, estimation, length, scale