Advanced Common Core Math Explorations - Factors and Multiples (Grades 5-8)

The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they explore mystifying patterns of colored blocks, analyze paths of pool balls, solve mathematical word puzzles, and unravel a baffling mathematical code.

List of contents

A Note to Students Introduction Connections to the Common Core State Standards Exploration 1: Building Blocks Exploration 2: 1000 Lockers Exploration 3: Factoring Large Numbers Exploration 4: Factor Scramble Exploration 5: How Many Factors?. Exploration 6: Differences and Greatest Common Factors Exploration 7: A Measurement Dilemma Exploration 8: Paper Pool Exploration 9: The GCF-LCM Connection Exploration 10: Mathematical Mystery Code References About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment

About the author

Jerry Burkhart has been teaching and learning math with gifted students in Minnesota for nearly 20 years. He has degrees in physics, mathematics, and math education. He provides professional development for teachers and is a regular presenter at conferences around topics of meeting the needs of gifted students in mathematics...

Product details

• Authors: Jerry Burkhart
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2014
• EAN: 9781618212610
• ISBN: 978-1-61821-261-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Advanced Common Core Math Expl; Advanced Common Core Math Expl
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; MATHEMATICS / General, Mathematics, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Mathematics & numeracy, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General