Create Your Own Operation

The commutative and associative properties are a whole lot more interesting when you apply them to a mathematical operation that you created!

Parentheses: How big of a change can they make!?

Two tiny parentheses. One expression. How big of a change can they make? Bigger than you think.

How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus

How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?

Exponents – How Low Can They Go?

Using exponent patterns, can students predict what the 0th power will be?