M&M Jar

4.NBT.5 – Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one digit whole number, and multiply two two digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations.

Act 1

What do you notice?  What do you wonder?

Focus Question – How many M&Ms fit in the jar?  How many M&Ms are there all together?

Act 2

Act 3

Image

This picture answers the question “How many M&Ms are there all together?”