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
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