Candy Bowl

3.NBT.3 – Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value.

****The following pictures and video were done by the artist Adam Hillman (his store). I have full permission from him to use these pictures and video as a lesson. Go see his art! It's super cool! And some of his pics are very mathy!*****


Act 1

What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

Focus Questions:  How many M&Ms are there of each color?  How many M&Ms fill the bowl?


Act 2


Act 3