We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! Which one doesn't belong? Share your reasoning!
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We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! Eve Merriam's book 12 Ways to Get 11 made me wonder. Are there more than 12 ways to make 11? How many can you find? Use any operations or numbers you'd like! Click the book for the link if you'd like to learn more about this book!
We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! This week's challenge is a game from Jo Boaler's YouCubed site. Grab a friend or family member, some dice, and have fun!
Do you notice any strategies that are helpful in this game? If so, share your thinking in the comments below or on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! Which one doesn't belong? Can you help us understand why it doesn't belong? *from http://wodb.ca/shapes.html
We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! If you begin with 1 and write the numbers in rows of seven, in which column will 100 land? In which row? If you write the numbers in rows of six numbers each, what is the location of 100? Try other length rows. Do you see any patterns that will help you predict where 100 will land? Share your ideas in the comments or on Twitter with #brnbears math. *adapted from Marilyn Burns' About Teaching Mathematics
We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! How long is a minute? How many times can you do each of the things listed in the chart below in 1 minute? Make a guess for each then have someone time you. *from Marilyn Burns' About Teaching Mathematics What other ideas can you try? Share your ideas in the comments or on Twitter at #brnbearsmath!
We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! Which number doesn't belong? Can you help us understand why it doesn't belong?
We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! Think about last week's challenge. Instead of being offered $5, your parents offer you $10.
What if they offer you $20? Is there a pattern to how you choose which offer you would like to take? We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! Your parents offer you two options to earn some money:
Does it matter if the deal is only good for one week? For two weeks? For a month? We hope that you will check back throughout the summer to see our weekly challenge. Be sure to share your thinking in the comments and/or share on Twitter with #brnbearsmath! 2 2 2 What numbers can you make using three 2s?
What if you add them? Could you subtract them? What else could you do with them? |
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