Have a student stand on a negative number of their choosing. Ask them what the absolute value is of that number. Then ask them to jump to that number counting their jumps, first counting down to 0 from where they are standing and then when they pass zero count up until they reach the absolute […]
Have one student stand on a positive number on the mat. Ask another student to stand on its opposite. Have both students jump to zero while each counting their jumps simultaneously.
Take a thousandths block. Figure out where to put the thousandth block on the mat. How do the numerals at the top of the mat change after a thousandth has been added to the thousandths place? Continue adding thousandths until there are ten thousandths blocks. What happens to the hundredths place? What happens to the […]
Pick a composite number and place it at the top edge of the mat. Have students find two factors for the number. If the factor is a prime number, leave it face up. If it is a composite number, find two factor cards of it and place them beneath the composite factor on the mat, […]
The teacher places products around the edge of the mat. Students try to fill the board with numbers that are not factors of their corresponding products.
As a challenge, have one group of students set up the entire board, first laying out products in the middle, then filling in the factors along the edge. When complete, have them remove all of the product cards from the board. Have a second group of students try to figure out what products were there […]
Place two products on the edges of the mat (e.g. 24, 18). Have students place the prime factors of 24 beneath it in the factors squares. (Break down larger factors as needed.) Then ask if any of those factors are also factors of 18. If they are leave them on the mat, if not take […]
Use the mat to explain how to divide fractions by fractions.
Introduce students to the idea of a ratio and how it can be written as a fraction (a/b), and how that relates to the unit rate (“for each 1”). Write out cards with real-world scenarios on them. Have a student draw a card. Examples: Students must find the corresponding ratio on the mat (e.g., 2/3 […]
Have a student roll two dice. Have them put together the two numbers to make a two digit number they’ll use as their angle. Then have them jump to either the supplementary or complementary space on the mat. Ask a second student to figure out what the supplement/complement to the original angle (from the dice) […]
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