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Arizona Math Standard: 3.MD.C.7.c

Use tiling to show that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.

Broken Calculator: Multiplication Cross Product Gr 3-5
Geometry Image: Skytree
Geometry Image: Skytree
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
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? Desks
How Many Will There Be? Desks
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
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
Parentheses: How big of a change can they make!?
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.
Gr 3, 5, 6, 7
Same Perimeter, Different Area For Rectangles
Same Perimeter, Different Area For Rectangles
Can two rectangles have the same perimeter but… different areas!?
Gr 3, 4, 6, 7
Math Curiosity: The Coloring Problem
Math Curiosity: The Coloring Problem
No video gets me more email from students! How few colors can you use to color in any map so that no two, neighboring regions are the same color?
Gr 1
Deducing the Area of Triangles
Deducing the Area of Triangles
Using patterns, students try to deduce where that area formula came from.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Finding The Volume of Laptops
Finding The Volume of Laptops
How has the volume of laptops changed over time? You know you want to check out how huge those first versions were!
Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
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
Discovering Pi With Sticky Notes
Discovering Pi With Sticky Notes
Pi is mysterious and strange! Why not let students discover it on their own?
Gr 3, 7, 8
Furnishing A Hotel
Furnishing A Hotel
Design and furnish hotel rooms on a budget. Real math, real constraints, real decisions. Then pitch your hotel to investors.
Gr 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
A Grid-Based Fraction Project
A Grid-Based Fraction Project
You’ve got 60 spaces on a grid to create an amusement park, a house, a farm, or whatever you’d like. Divide it into seven pieces, order it by size, combine into two halves, and more in this fraction project.
Gr 1-5