Playlist: Fourth Grade Math
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Roll three dice and combine them using any mathematical operation. But be strategic to maximize your points!
Factors and Codes (Episode 1)
Let’s use factors to encode and decode words.
Fizz Buzz: A Counting and Divisibility Game
Ready for a tricky counting and divisibility game?
Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers
Two sets of idioms related to numbers.
Parabolic Curve Art
Create mathematical art with curves that, well, aren’t curvy.
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!
Numerator or Denominator: Which has more power in a fraction?
What do you do with students who already get their fraction operations? Give them a contrived project about recipes or pizza slices? Make them solve annoyingly hard practice problems? Please. Here, we get students thinking in a whole new way, pondering which has more power, the numerator or denominator.
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.
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!