Common Core standard

Activities for 7.G.B

Real-world activities aligned to this standard.

The greatest amount of chocolate
The greatest amount of chocolate

In this updated activity, students compare three chocolates that look almost the same size to see which one actually gives the most chocolate. Depending on their grade level,...

Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Grades 3–7
Mathematical Gift Wrapping
Mathematical Gift Wrapping

🎁🎁In this updated activity, students will use math to explore two methods of wrapping gifts, including the mathematical method demonstrated by Sara Santos. They'll calculate the dimensions of...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 7–8
Ulmer Nest
Ulmer Nest

🏠In this activity, students will dive into estimation and critical thinking as they explore ‘Ulmer Nest’. It’s essential to start with the starter slides, where students will examine...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–7
Candy Count: Which Bag Holds the Most Candy
Candy Count: Which Bag Holds the Most Candy

Leverage your students' Halloween enthusiasm with this activity, where they’ll calculate the volume of various trick-or-treat bags—ranging from rectangular prisms to spheres, cylinders, and cones to discover which...

Number Sense Geometry High School
How much pee is in your pool (Updated)
How much pee is in your pool (Updated)

How much pee is in your pool? 🏊🏊 After chlorination, it has been hard to measure the quantity of pollutants in pool water. A Canadian chemist, Xing-Fang Li,...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–7
A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year's eve ball
A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year's eve ball

Image by kjpargeter on Freepik It's a gorgeous ball, covered with Waterford Crystal triangles, shaped as a geodesic icosahedron. Every New Year's Eve it descends in Times Square...

Geometry Math and Science
Giant beach towel
Giant beach towel

Beaches are starting to open again. Bring summertime smiles and hopes to your class with this activity. Towel project by Misael Soto. Act One: Check out this beach...

Geometry Math and Art Grades 5–HS
Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake
Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake

For Valentine's Day, bake a cake! Students calculate base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake...

Geometry Math and Food Grades 6–HS
Do I have enough wrapping paper?
Do I have enough wrapping paper?

In this problem based activity students first guess and then try to calculate whether they will have enough paper to wrap this present without taping pieces of wrapping...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS
Lots of Cranberries
Lots of Cranberries

 The harvest must be nearing completion now and growers are selling their product to make cranberry juice, jelly, sauce, and of course, fresh berries in time for...

Geometry Math and Food Grades 5–8
How big of a crepe can you make?
How big of a crepe can you make?

At Costco you can buy this huge tub of n utella . It contains nearly 7 pounds of chocolaty-hazelnut spread. We use n utella to make banana/n utella...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–8
2 New Macy's Parade balloons
2 New Macy's Parade balloons

As the Macy's Parade returns to public viewing, here are two balloons that Macy's artists have added. Can you figure out their dimensions? Macy's give their dimensions in...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS