Weekly Tribes 2016: Trash Can

This is another creative math activity from my friend and Tribes teacher, Kathy. In this case it is for ‘place value’. The premise is that each player gets nine cards and needs to make the largest number possible with those nine cards; one card is allowed to go into the trash can.

For a real challenge, use it with words (maybe spelling words), instead of cards, and challenge students to make sentences, or write a poem, or use in a story introduction.

This is a great opportunity for a group activity (and 2 people is a group!), and some collaboration.

Reflect, reflect, reflect.

Forgive me for not attaching the following; you will need to copy and paste and do a little formatting…

PLACE VALUE GAME up to 100 million

Trash Can:
Each person will gets 9 cards (only numbers 1-9,) facedown. Each card when it is drawn must be put in one of the following spots:
$ ____ ____ ____, ____ ____ ____. ______ _______

_________
trash can
The goal is to get the biggest number possible (the most money possible)
If your answer isn’t the biggest show the biggest (and include a greater than or less than sign in between the two…

______________ __ ___________________
Your answer Biggest Answer possible
Do either with an entire small group or with a partner

TRASH CAN:

$ _____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____. _____ _____

______
Trash can

_______________________ __________________________
My Number Biggest Number

$_____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____. _____ _____

______
Trash can

_______________________ __________________________
My Number Biggest Number

$_____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____. _____ _____

______
Trash can

_______________________ __________________________
My Number Biggest Number

$_____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____. _____ _____

______
Trash can

_______________________ __________________________
My Number Biggest Number

$_____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____. _____ _____

______
Trash can

Weekly Tribes 2016: Trash Can

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