I had a great time figuring out why it works and I don't want to rob you of that opportunity to explore! After you've played feel free to read my guest post and leave a comment if you explained it differently.
July 14, 2017
Nines Trick Unveiled
A while back John Stevens asked me if I would write a guest post for Table Talk Math. Of course I was happy to do so. I knew I wanted to share the process of exploring a trick to figure out the math behind it so parents would be encouraged to engage their kids in asking why and building on conceptual knowledge rather than being tempted to tell kids a procedure. After some considering I opted against any of the tricks in the book and I decided on the nines trick. You know the one where you use your fingers? This one:
I had a great time figuring out why it works and I don't want to rob you of that opportunity to explore! After you've played feel free to read my guest post and leave a comment if you explained it differently.
I had a great time figuring out why it works and I don't want to rob you of that opportunity to explore! After you've played feel free to read my guest post and leave a comment if you explained it differently.
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I love how you explained it. I thought about it before I read your post and came up with the same reasoning! I was thrilled when I read your explanation - I thought "wow! I thought about it just like Tina did!" I try to help kids see that we have a Base 10 system because we have 10 fingers. It seems sometimes that they had never connected the two
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, thanks for the interesting post! And for validating my thinking too!