Equivalency

Learning objective:

1) Locate numbers on a number line.

2) Practice writing number sentences.

3) Prepare for division with remainders and fractions.

Grade Levels: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

Number of Participants: 1 - 4

Activity Sequence Number: C.9

Skills:

Develops: Number Sense, Number Lines

Uses: Equations

Develops & Uses: Multiplication

NCTM Standards:

Pre-K - 2

N/A

Grades 3 - 5

1.1.0 Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers and relationships among numbers and number systems.

1.1.3 Develop understanding of fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a collection as locations on number lines and as division of whole numbers.

1.3.2 Develop fluency in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers.

2.1.1 Describe, extend and make generalizations about geometric and numeric patterns.

2.2.3 Express mathematical relationships using equations.

Grades 6 - 9

N/A

Tips & Tricks:

This is a good activity to use with middle school students who need remediation in these skills. Each staircase on the Mountain becomes a vertical number line. Students will see how to interpolate between the multiples to find the location of the equivalent value.

Response to Intervention Tier:

1,2,3