Hay Bales

ND State Standard
2.NO.NBT.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent a composition of some hundreds, some tens, and some ones.

Start by reading a portion of the article "Real-World Scenarios Value Community and the Climate" embedded below or by using this direct link. Portions are edited from viewing as we have our own version of the task that is relevant to ND standards and may be more realistic to a local situation rather than in Florida. If you choose this activity, I will share the unedited version for you to see the students work during grading.

Francis, H., & Cannon, S. O. (2024). Real-World Scenarios Value Community and the Climate. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 117(3), 224-228. Retrieved Aug 1, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2023.0232

LM3 Real World Scenarios Value Community Redacted.pdf

Use Base 10 blocks from our manipulative master list to discuss the following situation.

Use any free screen recording record yourself explaining WITH the base 10 blocks on the screen to showcase your strategy for answering each of the following scenarios regarding the hay bales.

A tractor can move 1 hay bale, a pickup trailer can move 10 hay bales and a semi-truck trailer can haul 100 hay bales.

What are some ways that the hay bales could be safely moved if there are 673 hay bales that need to be moved? Why did you choose this way to move them?
What would be the most environmentally friendly way to remove the hay bales?
How many semi-truck trailers, pickups trailers and tractors did you use? Why did you organize that way?

Let's advance the scenario:

How would the types of equipment used to move the hay bales change if we had 736 hay bales that needed to be moved? Compare the number of semi-truck trailers, pickup trailers and tractors with 673 hay bales.
What would the types of equipment used look like if there were 1,253 hay bales within the entire farmstead that need to be moved?
Five semi-truck trailers broke down. Some new smaller semi-truck trailers can hold 25 hay bales. How would this change the transportation needed of the hay bales?