Monday Made It--Lego Math!!!

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What do a bunch of gym socks have to do with lego math?

Each sock has a bunch of legos inside.  The goal is to use your multiplication skills to to find how many studs are found in each sock!  

Sock #8: there are four legos  each with four studs.  The equation:

4x4=16

As students feel their way through the socks--they gain number sense, and really learn about multiplication.  An added bonus--it is a quiet activity.  No dice falling on tile floors.  

4 groups of 8 = 32 studs

7 groups of three = 21 studs

When I did this with a small group, I had the students tell me the equation.  After a few times, you could designate it to centers.  And the students could fill out this worksheet--writing an equation in down on the sock.  They had a lot of fun--and I think they were really thinking about coming up with an equation, not just rote memorization of skills--but applying skills.  

                                                               You can find the worksheet on my google drive!  

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