Everyday Math - 6th
Grade - Units 6 and 7
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Lesson 6.3 Addition
& Subtraction of
Positive & Negative Numbers
Color
Chips - Addition.
This MattiMath virtual manipulative activity uses plus and minus chips
to demonstrate
adding
positive and negative numbers.
http://ciese.org/ciesemath/integeraddition.html
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Lesson
6.6 Order of Operations
Play
the West game. (You will find it on your computer.) Also play
the West Round Trip
game which also takes you backwards from Great
Gulch to the start. In the process you will learn about
negative numbers!
http://www.ciese.org/ciesemath/west.html
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Lesson
6.8 Solving Simple Equations
Broken Calculator.
In this game you have to get
as close as
possible to a given number, by using the still working buttons of a
broken calculator.
http://ciese.org/ciesemath/broken.html
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Lesson 6.9 Review:
Pan-Balance Problems
Balance
Beam Activity. Use basic equation principles
with this virtual balance to find the weights of various figures. You
are presented with a number of shapes and one of their weights is
known. Your goal is to find the weights of the other objects by finding
the relationships between the objects of various weights. This is
achieved with a simulation of a balance beam to tell you how the
weights relate.
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/pavel/java/balance/
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Lesson 6.11 The
Equivalent-Equations
Method of Solving Equations
Algebra
Balance Scales. Solve simple equations using
a balance beam representation.
http://ciese.org/ciesemath/b3.html
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Lesson 7. 1
Probability of Equally
Likely Outcomes
Tossing Pennies.
Use this applet to answer some questions about probability of tossing
coins a lot of times!
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Lesson 7.2
Generating Random Numbers
Rolling Cubes Game
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Lesson 7.7 Fair and
Unfair Games
Fair Game Dilemma |
