Building a Flower Bed

Welcome! This is an interactive math lesson in which you and your family can explore an open ended problem together. The problem was designed by Dr. Harper based on her experiences building a flower bed in her yard.

Watch the video to get started!

Video 1_Flower Bed Lesson.mov

Now work with your family to solve the problem in your own way.

These resources might help you as you solve the problem:

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

After you solved the problem, compare your solutions to Dr. Harper's strategies for solving the problem.

Base 10 block solutions.mov

Solution with Base 10 Blocks

Geoboard solution.mov

Using a Picture to Solve

Numerical solution.mov

Number Fact Solution

Is you solution similar? Different? I'd love to see how you solved the problem!

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