Keep this poster and use it to help you figure out numbers.
Step 1: How many tens and ones?
Step 2: Rectangles! Some numbers can make lots, some can only make two.
Step 3: Look inside! How many parts or teams?
Step 4: Play with patterns.
Step 5: Which clubs? Odd Blocks, Even Tops, Super-Rectangle, Square, or Prime?
Step 6: More to explore... there's a whole world of numbers out there!
Watch full episodes of Numberblocks on their official YouTube channel!
You’ve probably never thought about combining math and art class, but maybe now, you will! This teacher shares his new approach to math, where he uses colors to represent different numbers.
He assigned 10 numbers to 10 different colors — zero is white, one is black, two is red, and so on. That means combinations of numbers become combinations of colors. The result is an equation that’s educational and pretty at the same time!
What starts as multiplication or patterns quickly begins to look more like art class than math class. But behind the colors is real number sense, memory tricks, and a whole new way of thinking about equations. Turns out math might be a lot more visual — and creative — than most people realize.
Keep this poster and use it to help you figure out numbers.
Step 1: How many tens and ones?
Step 2: Rectangles! Some numbers can make lots, some can only make two.
Step 3: Look inside! How many parts or teams?
Step 4: Play with patterns.
Step 5: Which clubs? Odd Blocks, Even Tops, Super-Rectangle, Square, or Prime?
Step 6: More to explore... there's a whole world of numbers out there!
Watch full episodes of Numberblocks on their official YouTube channel!
You’ve probably never thought about combining math and art class, but maybe now, you will! This teacher shares his new approach to math, where he uses colors to represent different numbers.
He assigned 10 numbers to 10 different colors — zero is white, one is black, two is red, and so on. That means combinations of numbers become combinations of colors. The result is an equation that’s educational and pretty at the same time!
What starts as multiplication or patterns quickly begins to look more like art class than math class. But behind the colors is real number sense, memory tricks, and a whole new way of thinking about equations. Turns out math might be a lot more visual — and creative — than most people realize.