Elephant Size

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Elephant Size

• Region 10 ESC
• Elementary Mathematics

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Waking Up the Brain

• Use unifix cubes. Put them in stacks of ten. Each
  stack needs to be 1 color.
• 1. How long is your mathematics book? Use unifix
  cubes to find out.
• 2. Use unifix cubes to measure the height of your
  chair.
• 3. Use stacks of 2 different colors to measure
  your desk. How many of each color did you use?

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Waking Up the Brain

• 4. Use stacks of 2 different colors. Put 3 stacks
  together. Separate it into 2 equal stacks. How
  many are in 1 stack now?
• 5. Use 2 stacks of 1 color, 2 stacks of another
  color, and some loose cubes of a third color. Put
  all of the cubes together. Count the stack. How
  many do you have?

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Try This

• I need to know how many popsicle sticks long your
  desk is. All I have to measure with are unifix
  cubes. How could I find out how many popsicle
  sticks long your desk is?

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Elephant Size

• Geoffrey and his family went on a safari. He rode
  an elephant. The elephant was 156 unifix cubes
  tall. Geoffrey wants to know how many students it
  would take to be as tall as an elephant.

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Doing Good Work

• I get the right answer.
• I label my answer correctly.
• I use the right math words to show I understand
  how math works.
• I work it out with no mistakes.