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In this activity, students investigate how repeated addition or subtraction is related to multiplication.
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Distribute the pages to the class.
Follow the Activity procedures:
Use red and blue chips to multiply integers (blue chips stand for positive integers and red chips stand for negative integers)
Multiply 3 x 4
Put in (positive 3) three groups, each group contains (positive 4) four blue chips to get the answer + 12
Multiply 3 x - 4
Put in (positive 3) three groups, each group contains (negative 4) four red chips to get the answer - 12
Multiply - 3 x 4
Take away (negative 3) three groups, each group contains (positive 4) four blue chips, add enough zeros (12 red and 12 blue chips) so there are enough blue chips to take away, take away three groups of four blue chips (12) to leave 12 red chips and get the answer - 12
Multiply - 3 x - 4
Take away (negative 3) three groups, each group contains (negative 4) four red chips, add enough zeros (12 red and 12 blue chips) so there are enough red chips to take away, take away three groups of four red chips (12) to leave 12 blue chips and get the answer + 12
Add a positive integer x, 4 times (x + x + x + x) and observe the distance moved on the number line
Observe this is the same as four times the integer (4 * x)
Similarly, add a negative integer four times (0 + -x + -x + -x + -x), this is the same as 4 * - x
Compute (0 - x - x - x - x) and notice that this is equivalent to - 4 * x
Compute (0 - -x - -x - -x - -x) and observe this is equivalent to - 4 * - x
Solve other multiplication problems by repeated addition or repeated subtraction
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Students complete the Student Activity sheet.
Review student results:
As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging
Re-teach concepts as necessary
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Subject Area:
Math : PreAlgebra : Number Sense and Operations
Author:
Texas Instruments
Level:
5-8
Activity Time:
60 Minutes
Device:
TI-73 Explorer™
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This is Activity 3 from the EXPLORATIONS Book:
Walking the Line: Activities for the TI-73 Number Line.
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