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Number and Operations - 100 or Bust
 


Activity Overview

Students explore the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers and integers.

Before the Activity

  • See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity
  • Print student activity sheet on page 4 from the attached PDF file for your class

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    		During the Activity

    		Distribute the page to the class.

    Follow the activity procedures:
    100 or Bust:
  • Use estimation, place-value materials, and the calculator to place seven randomly generated digits on a chart in either the ones or tens column to make a sum close to 100 as possible without going over 100

    		After the Activity

  • 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 : Middle Grades Math : Number Sense
    Math : PreAlgebra : Number Sense and Operations
    Math : Middle Grades Math : Problem Solving

    Author:
    Texas Instruments

    Level:
    5-8, K-4

    Activity Time:
    60 Minutes

    Device:
    TI-10, TI-15 Explorer™

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    Other:
    This is Activity 1 from the EXPLORATIONS Book:
    Uncovering Math with Manipulatives, the TI-10, and the TI-15 Explorer

    The following materials are required for this activity:

  • Number cubes (or dice)
  • Place-value materials
  • Pencils
  • Crayons or markers
  • Cubes, sticks, etc.


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