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Who says math can’t be fun & games

Who says math can’t be fun & games. Nancy L. Foote www.nancyfootehigley.com. Tennessee Math Standards. Flexibility Fluency Adaptability Technology Vocabulary. Exciting, engaging and memorable. Games Podcasts Technology. Proportional reasoning. 1 out of 4 doctors say …

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Who says math can’t be fun & games

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  1. Who says math can’t be fun & games Nancy L. Foote www.nancyfootehigley.com

  2. Tennessee Math Standards • Flexibility • Fluency • Adaptability • Technology • Vocabulary

  3. Exciting, engaging and memorable • Games • Podcasts • Technology

  4. Proportional reasoning • 1 out of 4 doctors say … • Hybrid cars get 35 mpg in the city. Buy a hybrid and save 50% on fuel. • It’s on sale for 40% off. • It will grow 600%. • 5 for $1.25

  5. Proportional Reasoning • Lilliputians are 6 inches tall. • Gulliver is 6 feet tall. • How many Lilliputians are needed to be as tall as you?

  6. Shirt making 101 • Then they measured my right thumb, and desired no more; for by a mathematical computation, that twice round the thumb is once round the wrist, and so on to the neck and the waist. • Really? Let’s measure in cm.

  7. Space: The Next Frontier • Astronomers discovered a planet beyond our solar system that is 1.6 times the size of Jupiter. • Jupiter is 11.2 times the size of Earth. • How big is the new planet compared to Earth?

  8. It’s kind of funny …

  9. … and kind of sad

  10. Games To teach math

  11. Dice games • Multiplication madness • Integer excitement • Fraction busters

  12. Adding machine tape • Race to the top • Remnants

  13. Skillboard math

  14. One extra tile • 1/3 of 21 • 1/5 of 40 • 1/8 of 72 • ½ the number of sides on a hexagon • 1/6 of 2 dozen • 1/8 the number of ounces in a pound • 1/7 of 42 • 1/5 the value of a quarter • 1/7 the number of days in a week

  15. Number tiles Challenge 1 Challenge 2 The locker number is odd. The second digit is 4 less than the third. The first digit is 7 more than the second. Use the number tiles 0 – 9 to find the 3-digit locker number. • The locker number is odd. • The sum of the digits is greater than 15. • The first digit is 1 more than the third. • The second digit is 2 more than the first.

  16. Story graph • Incorporate writing into math

  17. Puzzles I couldn’t sleep last night. The digital clock kept me awake. I got to thinking – I wonder which number shows up for the greatest amount of time? How much time does it show up for?

  18. I’m in Tennessee T E N N E S S E E T E • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 I wonder what letter is number 20? Number 100?

  19. Did you know? • One-seventh of the world’s population is left-handed. • Memphis is home for 650,000 people. • How many are left-handed?

  20. Podcasting 101 • Mental math podcasts • Write • Review • Record • Publish

  21. Mental Math

  22. Domino math I have who has?

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