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Introduction
Introduction
Watch the video below for an introduction to the lesson.
Activity 1 - Using patterns to multiply with negative integers
Activity 1 - Using patterns to multiply with negative integers
Task 1 - Investigating patterns
Task 1 - Investigating patterns
Watch the video “Multiplying Positives & Negatives”.
Complete the Using patterns to investigate activity.
Click on the button to open a new tab and view the Google Doc activity sheet.
Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.
Multiplying Positives & Negatives
Duration: 16:09
Task 2
Task 2
Try these mixed questions in your exercise book or folder. You may like to use a calculator or the table from Task 1 to check your results.
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Task 3
Task 3
Try these slightly more challenging questions in your exercise book or folder. Again, you may like to use your calculator or table from Task 1 to check your results.
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Task 4
Task 4
Complete the following three (3) Desmos activities by clicking on each image to open the interactive in a new tab.
Negative groups
Multiplying by negatives
Multiplying double negatives
Activity 2 - Integer wars game (multiplying)
Activity 2 - Integer wars game (multiplying)
Play Integer wars with a friend or family member.
You will need:
deck of cards
pencil and paper
Using the Ace (one) to ten cards from a standard deck of cards, each player takes turns to draw two cards from the deck.
Red cards are negative and black cards are positive.
Multiply the two cards together.
The player who has the largest total wins a point.
Play until someone reaches a score of 10.
Activities too hard?
Activities too hard?
Try playing Four 4’s by writing your ideas into your exercise book or folder.
Challenge
Challenge
Can you find every number between 1 and 20 using only four 4’s and any operation?
Eg. √4 + √4 + 4⁄4 = 5
This activity is from Jo Boaler’s YouCubed website and resources.
Handing in your work
Handing in your work
Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!
Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:
Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).
Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.
Make sure you keep any hand written work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.
Student reflection
Student reflection
Show how you feel about today's learning.
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