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MaraAlonsoGarcca
JossMdeeCuencadelaCrruz
2013
3
Mathswithrrods
oduction
Intro
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esCuisenairee(18911976
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usewasdeve
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8), which applied this evven languagge teaching. In the systeem, there are
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Writeintothebox,asintheexample,thenumbercorrespondingtoeachrodbycolor
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Series:constructthefollowingserieswiththerods,andwriteitsnumberunderthefigures,asintheexample
12121212
12345
123123
246
1357
248
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Writetheresultofthesums,andyouwillcanseewhichitformsaseries
1+1=________
2+1=_________
3+1=_________
4+1=_________
5+1=_________
6+1=_________
7+1=_________
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Writedoubleeachrodandpaintingtheresultwithitscolor,asintheexample
1+1=__2______
2+2=_________
3+3=_________
4+4=_________
5+5=_________
6+6=_________
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Expressesthefollowinglengthsrodsintwodifferentways,andpaintwithitscolorsthesolutions
10
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Expressesthefollowinglengthsrodswithindifferentwaysandpaintwithitscolorsthesolutions
12
17
11
14
15
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Measurethelengthofthegraypathindicatedineachfigurewiththeminimumnumberofrods
L=_______
L=_______
L=_______
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Makeatrainofrodssimilartoeachfigureanddetermineitslength
L=_______
L=_______
L=_______
L=_______
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Addtogether
2+1=_____
3+2=_____
2+2=_____
4+1=_____
4+2=_____
3+5=_____
5+2=_____
4+3=_____
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Addtogether
7+1=_____
8+2=_____
7+3=_____
4+4=_____
4+5=_____
3+6=_____
2+7=_____
8+1=_____
10
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
CommutativeProperty:[Link]
equal:writeeachsolutionandthetotal.
L=______________________=________
L=____________________________________________=_________
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
CommutativeProperty:writingbackwards
1+2=_____
2+3=_____
3+4=_____
5+2=_____
6+3=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Decomposethenumber10intwoterms,ofallpossibleforms
10
5+5=_____
6+4=_____
7+3=_____
8+2=_____
9+1=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Addtogether
4+5=_____
3+4=_____
2+6=_____
5+1=_____
1+2+3=_____
3+3+3=_____
3+2+2=_____
4+4+4=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
CommutativeProperty:writeintwodifferentways
1+2+1=______________________
2+3+2=______________________
3+4+3=_____________________
15
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Decomposethenumber12intwoterms,ofallpossibleways
12
5+7=_____
6+6=_____
10+2=_____
8+4=_____
9+3=_____
16
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Addtogether
4+4+1=_____
3+1+2=_____
2+2+3=_____
2+2+1=_____
1+2+4=_____
4+3+2=_____
2+3+2=_____
3+3+2=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Calculatethelengthofthegraypaththatitsindicatedineachfigure
L=_______
L=_______
L=_______
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Decomposethenumberusingtwoorthreeaddends,ofallpossibleforms
2+1=_____
1+1+1=_____
3+3=_____
4+2=_____
5+1=_____
2+2+2=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Decomposethenumberusingthreesummands,ofallpossibleforms
2+1+1=_____
3+3+2=_____
4+2+2=_____
5+1+2=_____
6+1+1=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Removetotheuppersrodvalue,thesecondrodvalue(inthedownline):[Link]
subtractionwiththerodsandwriteasintheexample.
Example:
32=1
21
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Subtract,completingthemissinglengthwitharod,andwritetheresult
32=_____
31=_____
43=_____
52=_____
63=_____
22
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Addseveraltimestomultiplying
1+1=1addtwice=1x2=_____
2+2=2addtwice=2x2_____
2+2+2=2addthreetimes=2x3=_____
2+2+2+2=2addfourtimes=2x4=_____
3+3=3addtwice=3x2=_____
3+3+3=3addthreetimes=3x3=_____
1+1+1=1addthreetimes=1x3=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Multiply....itismadefigures!Theresultisthesurfaceofthosefigures.Youtryitusingthe2rod.
2x1=_____
2x2=_____
2x3=_____
2x4=_____
2x5=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Multiply....itismadefigures!Theresultisthesurfaceofthosefigures.Youtryitusingthe3rod.
3x1=_____
3x2=_____
3x3=_____
3x4=_____
25
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Areas:formingtheproposedsquares,andmakeittoowithadifferentform,paintingyoursolution.
L=2
L=3
L=4
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Areas:Makesquares(theyarefigureswithfourequalsides)[Link]
[Link](sumofrods).
Side=1,Surface=____
Side=2,Surface=____
Side=3,Surface=____
Side=4,Surface=____
Side=5,Surface=____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Areas:calculatetheareaofarectangle(likeasquare"extended"becauseithasfoursidesequalinpairs),withthe
dimensionsindicatedbythenumbers,joiningtherodsyouneedtoformthefigures:
2x1=____
3x2=____
2x3=____
3x4=____
5x2=____
4x2=____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Calculatethesurfacesoftheseirregularfigures(becausethesidesarenotequal).Youcanplacerodstoformthem
[Link].
Surface=__________
Surface=__________
Surface=___________
Surface=___________
29
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Areas:decomposingthesesurfacesasthesumoftheothertworodsindicated.
Example:
5x2=3x2+2x2
5x3=3x3+2x3
3x4=3x2+2x3
6x2=2x2+2x2+2x2
6x2=3x2+3x2
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
[Link],howmeasuretheareaofeachsquare?You
canhelpthecutoutsforchecking,furtherwiththerods.
Rectangle=4x2=________
1Square=2x2=________
Rectangle=6x3=________
1Square=3x3=________
Rectangle=8x4=________
1Square=4x4=________
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
[Link],howmeasuretheareaofeach
triangle?(Thetwotogethermustbeequaltothesurfaceofthesquare)Youcanhelpofthecutoutstocheck,in
additiontotherods,squaresandsquareorbycounting(includedtheyaredividedbythediagonalline).
Square=4x4=__________
Triangle=Square/2=________
Square=6x6=__________
Triangle=Square/2=________
33
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Constructtherighttriangleandcalculatethelengthofthemissingsideinthefigure(itslength).Youcanhelpthe
cutoutstocheck,orbyseekingtherodtoclosethetriangle.
L=__________
Solution
34
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Findingprimenumbers:coloredwiththesamecolorinthefirstrod(thefirstineachquestion),thePletterwhen
thesenumbercanonlybedecomposedinto1rods(itisaprimenumber),whitoutanyintermediate
decompositions.
2
35
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Findingprimenumbers:coloredwiththesamecolorinthefirstrod(ineachquestion),thePletterwhenthese
numbercanonlybedecomposedinto1rods(itisaprimenumber),whitoutanyintermediatedecompositions.
7
10
36
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Imaginethatthefirstrodofeachaccountisthenumberofsweetswehave,andmustbedistributedbetweentwo
[Link](half)andwritetheresult:
2/2=_____
4/2=_____
6/2=_____
8/2=_____
10/2=_____
37
Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Divideeachnumberindicatingthefirstrod(dividend)betweenthedivisor(thesecondrodnumber)andwritethe
result(theresultisthenumberofsecondrodsyouneed).
3/3=_____
3/1=_____
6/2=_____
6/3=_____
6/1=_____
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Divideeachamountofthedividendbetweenthequotient,writingtheresult(numberofequalrodsthatyouhadto
use)andtherest(valueofthelastrodthatyouhadtoaddtothequotienttocompletethedividend).
Example:
6/5=__1___Remainder:__1___
Dividend
Divisor
Remainder
6/2=______Remainder:______
Dividend
Divisor
Remainder
7/3=_____Remainder:______
Dividend
Divisor
Remainder
8/3=_____Remainder:______
Dividend
Divisor
Remainder
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Name:_______________________________________________________Date:_________________________
Volumes:
Build,bystackingwhite,yellowandgreenrods,thefollowing3Dfigures(withvolume),byusingonlyonetypeof
rodsforeachfigure.
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27
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