Imagining dots

Collect resources

You will need:

  • something to write on and something to write with.

Watch the video to see what to do.

Adapted from Kling and Bay-Williams (TCM, 2015)

Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

What to do

  • After watching the video, how could you use the same ways of thinking to solve 7 x 9? We can also call this 7 nines.

  • How many ways can you think of to solve 7 x 9?

Watch the video to see what to do next.

Discuss/Reflect

  • Michael and Penny both saw the arrays differently. How was your way of seeing the dots similar or different to their way of thinking?

  • Try using the area model to represent the different ways you could break apart your array.

Adapted from Kling and Bay-Williams (TCM, 2015)