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Arizona Math Standard: 2.NBT.B.9

Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations. (Explanations may be supported by drawings or objects.)

Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Addition Gr 1-4
Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Subtraction Gr 1-4
Adding and Subtracting Fruit
Adding and Subtracting Fruit
Use super cute fruit to introduce algebraic thinking to your young math students.
Gr 1, 2, 6
Contig
Contig
Roll three dice and combine them using any mathematical operation. But be strategic to maximize your points!
Gr 1-4
Spring Math Worksheets: Addition and Subtraction
Spring Math Worksheets: Addition and Subtraction
Four sets of 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction practice. But the unknown isn’t where you expect it to be!
Gr 1-4
Math Curiosity: Magic Triangles
Math Curiosity: Magic Triangles
Can you make each side of this triangle add up to 9 using the digits 1-6?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
How Many Will There Be? Chip Off The Block
How Many Will There Be? Chip Off The Block
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-5
How Many Will There Be? Earthworm
How Many Will There Be? Earthworm
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 3-5
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-6
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 3-5
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-5
How Many Will There Be? Pyramids
How Many Will There Be? Pyramids
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-4
How Many Will There Be? Xs and Os
How Many Will There Be? Xs and Os
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-7
How Many Will There Be? Stairs
How Many Will There Be? Stairs
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-5
How Many Will There Be? Flowers
How Many Will There Be? Flowers
These flowers sure are getting bigger faster! How large will they be in step 10? What about step 50?
Gr 1-6
Game: Number Scrabble
Game: Number Scrabble
What if we played Tic-Tac-Toe with numbers and instead of three-in-a-row, we add up to 15? Well… then we’d have Number Scrabble!
Gr 1-5
Addition: 3 Digits Plus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Addition: 3 Digits Plus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Typical practice problems don’t move students up Bloom’s Taxonomy. With this framework, you’ll see kids stop and really think about how to approach multi-digit addition.
Gr 1-4
Subtraction: 3 Digits Minus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Subtraction: 3 Digits Minus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Typical practice problems don’t move students up Bloom’s Taxonomy. With this framework, you’ll see kids stop and really think about how to approach multi-digit subtraction.
Gr 1-4
Math Curiosity: A Pattern Packed Triangle
Math Curiosity: A Pattern Packed Triangle
Pascal’s pattern-packed triangle is a potent puzzle for pupils to ponder.
Gr 3-5
Evens and Odds – Addition and Subtraction
Evens and Odds – Addition and Subtraction
When we’re adding and subtracting, do evens make odds into evens? Do odds make evens odd? Which one has… more power!?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus
How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Math Curiosity: Magic Squares
Math Curiosity: Magic Squares
Imagine a 3×3 square in which every row, column, and diagonal have the same sum. That’s a magic square!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
Math Curiosity: Odds & Squares
Math Curiosity: Odds & Squares
Why does the sum of the first 5 odds also equal 5 squared?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Math Curiosity: Waring’s Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Waring’s Conjecture
So, can you write every odd (greater than 3) as the sum of three primes?
Gr 1-5
Math Curiosity: Primes and Squares
Math Curiosity: Primes and Squares
Can any perfect square be written as the sum of two primes?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Using this one weird trick, it seems that you can turn any number into a palindrome!
Gr 1-5
Math Curiosity: Collatz Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Collatz Conjecture
The Collatz Conjecture: start with any number and get to 1 using just two rules. It seems to always work…
Gr 1-6