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 …• 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
• Lilliputians are 6 inches tall.• Gulliver is 6 feet tall.
• How many Lilliputians are
needed to be as tall as you?
Proportional Reasoning
• 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.
Shirt making 101
• 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?
Space: The Next Frontier
It’s kind of funny …
… and kind of sad
GamesTo teach math
Dice games
• Multiplication madness• Integer excitement• Fraction busters
Adding machine tape
• Race to the top• Remnants
Skillboard math
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
Number tiles
Challenge 1
• 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.
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.
Story graph
• Incorporate writing into math
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?
I’m in Tennessee
T E N N E S S E E T E1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
I wonder what letter is number 20?
Number 100?
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?
Podcasting 101
• Mental math podcasts• Write• Review• Record• Publish
Mental Math
Domino math
I have who has?