Today your mission is...
Put your math goggles on and go on a scavenger hunt for multiplication! We are not adapting this activity for the kids yet, but you can share with them any joy and beauty you find on the hunt.
Ready, Set, Go
Why do this?
Modeling is one of the many ways to answer the question, “What is multiplication?” When adults and kids works with models, they build bridges between math concepts and beautiful, useful and personally meaningful things in their lives.
Frequently Asked Question
Is it really important to know how to do multiplication many different ways? Why three? Can’t I just use three examples of a single model of multiplication, like repeated addition?
In order to understand an idea, you need to see “many” different examples. For most people, three or more is many. And young children need even more than three. Showing many examples that are essentially the same (i.e. they use the same model of multiplication or the same delivery format) will not help a child apply the new knowledge to a different situation. This happens a lot when you breeze through worksheets, but get stumped by word problems or situations that require hands-on problem solving.
Answer by Elena Cook · May 09, 2014 at 12:12 AM
#1 will be Sets for me but my older children will choose "Repeated Addition" or Array
My child really liked "Head and Legs" word problems when you need to figure out the quantity of animals, so every time our trip to the zoo was about counting the sets of animals with the same quantity of legs.
#2 will be Combinations ( from a designer point of view), but my son will put it as #3
(Building a robot while looking for an optimized solution for a particular task.)
#3 will be Symmetry or Number Line
(Letters of the Alphabets/Characters in different languages-Symmetry; number line is represented by an elevator going above or below the ground level).