It was so exciting to open the blog  and find that three different classmates had checked our blog and  left a comment.  Yay!  I can’t wait until you all have your own posts up about your work and learning!

Until then, here are a few new problems to think about.  If you give them a try, leave a comment when you have the chance.  Bringing your work and solutions into the classroom is great too.

These three problems are asking you to think about multiplication (don’t worry – they’re to help you learn.) Each one has more than one answer.  Try to find them all.  To do that you might want to have counters like pennies or pasta or little Lego bricks.  The manipulatives might make finding all the solutions easier.

A teacher has 24 students in her class.  She wants to place the students into groups with an equal number in each group.  How many different ways can the teacher group the students?

There are 16 apples to be put into bowls.  Each bowl must have the same number of apples.  How many different ways can the apples be put into bowls?

Choose one of the following numbers:  18, 20, 28.  Suppose that this number of musicians in a marching band were getting ready for a parade.  How many different ways could they arrange themselves into equal rows?

What Number Is It? is an activity that can help you think about number relationships.  In the direction is asks you to use “number cards” – just use a deck of cards without the face cards.  That will will great.  If 2-digit numbers aren’t much of a challenge, do the activity with 3- or 4- or even 5-digit numbers.  Choose the amount that makes you think.

Number Wheel Spin is something you can do with the examples they share here and so many more.  You can create your own wheels to practice facts and to have fun with your friends.  What facts and patterns are most helpful for you?