Slim Cans

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 Questions – How many cans are there in the orange boxes?  How many cans are there in the green boxes?  How many cans are there in the  yellow boxes?  How many cans are there total?


Act 2


Act 3

Extension – How much money would be needed to buy the all the boxes of Slim Coke Cans?