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Complementary Numbers, Pairs, and Multiplication

Since Kakooma was such a big hit, I gave each child 16 more puzzles (4 Basic, 6 Intermediate, and 6 Advanced) of the 9 in a square variety. See attached pdf.

Kakooma Addition with Many Combinations

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Funny Numbers Converted to Serious Numbers: Regrouping

Funny Numbers are those numbers that are too big for our understanding of double digit numbers. Normally, we look at the number 46 as 4 tens and 6 ones. Funny numbers will call this number thirty-sixteen or twenty-twenty-six or ten-thirty-six.

Making multiple representations of numbers is a critical skill to understand place value and regrouping. When we teach children to carry as they are adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers, this funny number concept will ensure that children really understand the concept of “carry.”

Funny Numbers Converted to Serious Numbers: Regrouping

Funny Numbers are those numbers that are too big for our understanding of double digit numbers. Normally, we look at the number 46 as 4 tens and 6 ones. Funny numbers will call this number thirty-sixteen or twenty-twenty-six or ten-thirty-six.

Making multiple representations of numbers is a critical skill to understand place value and regrouping. When we teach children to carry as they are adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers, this funny number concept will ensure that children really understand the concept of “carry.”

Curious Circles: Introduction to Algebraic Patterns

Two circles can be arranged in five ways: 

 

1. one circle can be inside the other (without intersecting)

2. they can be separated (again, without intersecting)