• Calculator skills are included in some Everyday Math activities.calculator image by L. Shat from Fotolia.com
  
  Everyday Math is the standard curriculum in many schools. It is available in grade levels from Pre-K to 6th grade and uses a variety of teaching methods including real world problems, games, technology and family involvement. Due to its popularity and widespread use in schools, Everyday Math activities are very easy to find.
  
  

Top It

• Top It can be played with a special Everyday Math deck, but any deck of cards will suffice.playing cards 3 image by Julija Sapic from Fotolia.com
  
  Top It is one of the most popular Everyday Math games. It can be played with a regular deck of cards, using numbers one to 10. To begin play, deal cards to two players. Each player plays a card and the higher card wins. Top It is also versatile. In Addition Top It, each player uses two cards per turn, with the highest sum winning. Other variations are Multiplication Top It and Place Value Top It.
  
  

Broken Calculator

• Broken calculator has students attempt to display a target number on a calculator without using certain number keys. For instance, if the target number is 12, students might not be allowed to use the "2" on the calculator. Students have to add or multiply numbers to reach the target. This can be done with an actual calculator, but it is often a written activity, with students writing solutions to the broken calculator instead of actually using one.
  
  

Number Scroll

• Creating a number scroll is a counting activity for younger students. Students start with a single number scroll page with a grid made of 100 squares. Students write numbers to 100 on the scroll and then continue writing numbers on another scroll page. Students continue to add pages as they count and write higher numbers. The completed pages are taped together to form the scroll.
  
  

Beat the Calculator

• This is a three-player game, which requires a deck of cards with numbers one to 10. Two students compete, while the third student is the "caller." The caller turns over two cards. Both students add the numbers on the cards, but one student does the addition mentally, while the other uses a calculator. The caller determines who correctly added the numbers first.
  
  

Fact Triangles

• Fact triangles are an Everyday Math type of flashcard. It is used for addition and subtraction facts, as well as multiplication and division facts. An addition fact triangle has three numbers, one at each angle. The largest number is at the top of the triangle and a dot is printed below that number. This number is the sum of the other two numbers on the card. Both addition and subtraction symbols are printed in the middle of the card. Students use these numbers to come up with every addition and subtraction fact associated with the three numbers. Change the symbols to multiplication and division symbols and change the largest number to the product of the smaller two to practice multiplication and division.