Stage 1 maths student resource

Handfuls

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(Adapted from Ann Gervasoni, Monash University. reSolve - Counting handfuls)

Collect resources

You will need:

items such as counters, lima beans or pasta
pencils or markers
your mathematics workbook.

Instructions

Take a handful of counters (or lima beans or pasta).
Hold the objects in your hand and imagine how many you have.
Record your estimate.
Describe what that collection might look like by visualising and imagining.
Organise your collection so that someone can determine how many items there are by looking and thinking.

Discuss

How many do you have altogether?
How have you organised your collection?
Did you have more or less than your estimation?
Can you organise them differently?

4 pictures. 1st picture: 18 is and 18 counters organised into 4 groups of 4 and 2 more. Beneath it the text says 4 fours plus 2. 4+4+4+4+2 2nd picture: 18 is and the 18 counters organised into 6 groups of 3. Beneath it the text says 6 threes. 3+3+3+3+3+3 3rd picture: 18 is and the counters organised into 3 groups of 6. Beneath it the text says 3 sixes. 6+6+6. 4th picture: I used dice patterns except for the threes. I made threes look like triangles.

(Here is an example for 18)

How many ways can you arrange your collection so you can see how many there are by looking and thinking?

Instructions

Play handfuls a few times.
Draw your favourite way of organising your collection.

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