How many ways can you say 124?
Fourth graders learning about decimal numbers are often confused when asked, for example, to represent 3 and 16 tenths, for …
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Problem of the Week 2/11/2013
Rosa had 21 more marbles than cards. She gave away 13 cards and had 48 marbles and cards left all …
Struggle: Building Strength or Revealing Weakness?
Do you ever feel like you are helping your students too much and doing the thinking for them? Are you …
The Power of a Power
Are your students confused trying to memorize all the rules for exponents? Begin with a simple analogy. Just as multiplication …
NCTM President Discusses Rigor
What should rigor look like in a math classroom? Click here for a discussion by Linda Gojak, President of the …
Problem of the Week 2/4/2013
Prima has a dentist appointment today at 11:00. Usually, she drives 45 miles per hour and it takes her 40 …
Problem of the Week 1/28/2013
The hospital staff consists of 16 doctors and nurses. 1) There are more nurses than doctors. 2) There are more …
One Hundred Problems
As we near the one hundredth day of school, here are 100 problems to challenge students in grades 3 and …
Problem of the Week 1/21/2013
In the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, we meet an alien who has been left stranded on earth when his …
Dan Meyer on Real World Math
Click here to watch the video. Reflect: ~ How can you make questions at your grade level irresistible to students …
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