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Factors and Codes: First Names (Episode 2)

Factors and Codes: First Names (Episode 2)

Scrambled up somewhere in 161,000 is a first name. Can you find it!?

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.

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?

Doubling Dollars

Doubling Dollars

Say you have a dollar. Say you can double that dollar each day: $1, $2, $4, and so on. How long will it take to reach… one million dollars? Not as long as you might think!

How Many Will There Be? Sliced Circles

How Many Will There Be? Sliced Circles

Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.

Factors and Codes (Episode 1)

Factors and Codes (Episode 1)

Let’s use factors to encode and decode words.

How Many Ways: Multiply, Then Add to 22

How Many Ways: Multiply, Then Add to 22

Fill in the blanks so the expression equals exactly 22, using each digit only once. Then change 22 to 24 and watch most of the solutions disappear.

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.

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.

Create Your Own Operation

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!

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.

How Many Will There Be? Crosses

How Many Will There Be? Crosses

Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.

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.

Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!?

Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!?

Why are there 12 months? Why don’t weeks fit into months evenly? Why don’t weeks fit into the year evenly? What’s going on with the calendar!

Exponents – How Low Can They Go?

Exponents – How Low Can They Go?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Adding and Subtracting Fruit

Adding and Subtracting Fruit

Use super cute fruit to introduce algebraic thinking to your young math students.

How Many Will There Be? Triangles Within Triangles

How Many Will There Be? Triangles Within Triangles

A triangle splits and splits and splits again. How many will there be in step 20?

Undoing Multiplication With Division

Undoing Multiplication With Division

Multiplication and division, natural foes, are constantly seeking to undo each other. Students will attempt to reverse the effects of multiplication by dividing once, twice, or even thrice!

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.