Math Update

Third Grade Third grade students are using Hands on Equations, a way of using manipulatives and algebra problems. Students are to make up their own thinking problem to bring to class. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers: 2, -7, -3, 1, 9 to make 14; 5, 3, 9, 2, 16, to make 12. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged. Fourth Grade Fourth graders did not have math due to MCA testing this week. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers: 2, -7, -3, 1, 9 to make 14; 5, 3, 9, 2, 16, to make 12. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged. Fifth Grade Fifth graders did not have math this week due to MCA testing. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers: 2, -7, -3, 1, 9 to make 14; 5, 3, 9, 2, 16, to make 12. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged.