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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? 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?

Same Perimeter, Different Area For Rectangles

Same Perimeter, Different Area For Rectangles

Can two rectangles have the same perimeter but… different areas!?

Deducing the Area of Triangles

Deducing the Area of Triangles

Using patterns, students try to deduce where that area formula came from.

How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?

How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?

So… just how many kids could we cram onto the playground?

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.