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Alabama Math Standard: 2.OA.C.4

Using concrete and pictorial representations and repeated addition, determine the total number of objects in a rectangular array with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns.

How Many Will There Be? The Fence

How Many Will There Be? The Fence

Start with one fence section: four pieces of wood. Students count, hunt for patterns, and push their predictions further and further — until they can name the step from the total alone.