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Real Number Properties

Subject Area
Math: PreAlgebra: Number Sense and Operations
Math: Middle Grades Math: Basic Facts
Level
9-12
College
Activity Time
30 Minutes
Software
TI Connect™
TI Calculator
TI-84 series
Other Materials
Suggestion: Use this activity as a lead-in to chapter 1.1 either distribute to students right before (or at the beginning of) class, or as your presentation.
Resource Types
Lessons

Real Number Properties

Activity Overview

This StudyCards™ set promotes understanding of commutative properties, associative properties and the distributive property. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, ch. 1-1.

Before the Activity

Students should have access to either the TI-83 Plus or TI-84 Plus family of calculators. Download the attached StudyCard file to students' calculators.

During the Activity

Use this StudyCards set to learn or review the commutative properties, associative properties and the distributive property. Examples from arithmetic are used to lead to the properties.

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: PreAlgebra: Number Sense and Operations
    Math: Middle Grades Math: Basic Facts
    Level
    9-12
    College
    Activity Time
    30 Minutes
    Software
    TI Connect™
    TI Calculator
    TI-84 series
    Other Materials
    Suggestion: Use this activity as a lead-in to chapter 1.1 either distribute to students right before (or at the beginning of) class, or as your presentation.
    Resource Types
    Lessons
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