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NUMBER/ALGEBRA


How can we make 10?

Q: How can we make 10 with counters?

Addition (grade 0/1)

<Concept that may be covered>

Addition, subtraction, friends of 10, Commutative property of addition, adding multiple numbers and concept of 0.

<Possible Students Responses>

1+9, 2+8, 3+7, etc (friends of 10)

4+6 and 6+4 (commutative property)

2+2+6, 3+3+3+1 (multiple numbers)

10+0, 4+6+0 (concept of 0)

<Follow-up questions>

- How did you find these numbers?

- 3+7 and 7+3 both make 10. Can we flip the numbers all the time like this?

- Show me how you find the numbers.

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Q: Give Naomi and Sam 10 marbles altogether. Who has more?

Add/Subtraction (grade 1)

<Concept that may be covered>

Addition, subtraction, friends of 10, concept of 0, reasoning.

<Possible Students Responses>

Naomi has 3, Sam has 7. Sam has more.

Naomi has 3 and Sam has 3 more.

Naomi has 10 and Sam has 0.

Both have 5 each and no one has more.

etc.

<Follow-up questions>

- How did you find these numbers?

- How can you find Sam has more?

- How many more does Naomi have?

- If Naomi has a lot more than Sam, what do you think Naomi has?

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Q: Product of two numbers is 24, what can be the numbers?

Multiplication (Grade 3+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Multiplication, Division, Commutative property of multiplication, Inverse operation, Multiplying by 1, multiplying by 1/2 (upper grades), factors, multiples,

<Possible Students Responses>

3x8, 2x12, 4x6/6x4, 24x1

24 x 1/2

<Follow-up questions>

- Are they ALL combinations?

- How can you tell that you have ALL?

- What about 30?

- If i give you a bigger number, will there be more factors? Why? Why not?

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How can we make 10?

Q: A positive number and a negative number make 5 when you add them.
What can they be?

Addition (grade 6+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Integers, negative numbers, adding negative number to positive, commutative property of addition (with negative numbers) etc

<Possible Students Responses>

7 and -2, -3 and 8 etc

4+(-9) and (-9) +4 (commutative)

<Follow-up questions>

- Does commutative property work with negative numbers? Why? Why not?

- What can be the largest number that you can use? Why?

- What is the smallest number can be used? Why? 

- What happens if we change the number from 5 to 3. Can we form a conjecture?

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Q: How can you (evenly) share 24 marbles?

Mul/Divison (grade 3+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Multiplication, division, factors, multiples, grouping, sharing, reasoning

<Possible Students Responses>

Two people 12 each.

Three friends 8 marbles each.

3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3

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<Follow-up questions>

- How many ways can we share 24 marbles?

- How can we find ALL different ways?

- If we have more marbles, can we share with more people? Why? Why not?

- What number is a good number (of marbles) to be able to share the marble with more people?

- What is a bad number?

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Q: My number has 6 factors. What can it be?

Number/Algebra (Grade 5+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Multiplication, division, factors, multiples, reasoning etc

<Possible Students Responses>

12, 18, 20 etc

<Follow-up questions>

- Are there any more?

- How many numbers have exactly six factors? Reason?

- Are there any GOOD ways to find the amount of factors?

- What makes a number to have more factors?

- What makes the number have only few factors?

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MONEY (Number/Measurement)


How can we make 10?

Q: How can you make $5?

Add/Sub/Pattern (grade 2+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Addition, subtraction, pattern, fractions, measurement, conversion

<Possible Students Responses>

$2, $2, $1

$2, $1, $1, $1

10 x 50c

etc

<Follow-up questions>

- Can you make $5 with 5 coins? How?

- Least amount of coins? Most?

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Q: My father gave us some money and each sibling received $4.50.
How many siblings and how much altogether?

Mul/Divison (grade 3+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Multiplication, division, fractions, multiples, grouping, sharing, reasoning

<Possible Students Responses>

Two siblings and $9 altogether​

Seven siblings and $31.50

<Follow-up questions>

- What is the largest amount of money as an answer? (no limit)

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Q: I have coins of various types, but only one of each kind. What amount of money can you make? What types of coins do you have?

PATTERN (Grade 5+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Fraction, addition, subtraction,  ,

<Possible Students Responses>

3x8, 2x12, 4x6/6x4, 24x1

24 x 1/2

<Follow-up questions>

- Are they ALL combinations?

- How can you tell that you have ALL?

- What about 30?

- If i give you a bigger number, will there be more factors? Why? Why not?

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PATTERNS


How can we make 10?

Q: A number pattern starts with 1, 2, ....
Continue the pattern and show me the rule.

(grade 2+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Addition, subtraction, pattern, reasoning, etc

<Possible Students Responses>

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... (+1)

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ... (x2)

1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, ... (repeat)

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etc

<Follow-up questions>

- What is a pattern?

- What about the patter starts with 1, 3?

- Can you make a decreasing pattern?

- Can you make an increasing pattern?

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Q: What do you think 'Triangular Numbers' look like?

Patterns (grade 4+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Addition, multiplication, subtraction, factors, multiples, patterns, sharing, reasoning

<Possible Students Responses>

3, 6, 9, 12, 15 ....

1, 3, 6, 10, 15 (triangular numbers)

3, 9, 27, 81, ...

<Follow-up questions>

- How did you make the numbers?

- What rule does your pattern have?

- Whose pattern do you like? Why?

- Whose numbers represent 'TRIANGLE' best? Why?

- What about 'Square Numbers'?

- 'Pentagonal Numbers'?

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Q: How many students would form the best class in order to make even groups to play games?

Number/Pattern(Grade 3+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Multiplication, Division, factors, multiples, reasoning

<Possible Students Responses>

20,

24,

30,

36?

<Follow-up questions>

- What numbers are good? Bad? Why?

- What number has most factors under 30? Is it the only number? 

- What number is the best if over 30?

- If we can include a teacher to play games, what number can be good?

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GEOMETRY


How can we make 10?

Q: Draw rectangles with an area of 12 square cm. 

Area (grade 3+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Multiplication, division, area, factors, fractions, multiples, pattern, definition of rectangle, definition of square, area model of multiplication, length and width, commutative property of multiplication, arrays, reasoning

<Possible Students Responses>

(drawing) 2x12, 3x8, 4x6

(listing) 1x12, 2x6, 3x4

<Follow-up questions>

- How can you tell that you drew ALL rectangles?

- Tall rectangles and wide ones. Are they the same? Why? Why not?

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Q: Draw a triangle with an area of 6 square cm.

Area (grade 5+)

<Concept that may be covered>

Multiplication, division, area, factors, fractions, multiples, pattern, definition of rectangle/triangle, area model of multiplication, length and width, commutative property of multiplication, arrays, reasoning

<Possible Students Responses>

(drawing: base x height) 2x12, 3x8, 4x6

(listing) 1x12, 2x6, 3x4

<Follow-up questions>

- Are there any more?

- Do they need to be right-angled triangles? (if no variety)

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