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Classic Middle-Grades Problems for the Classroom

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A lesson plan for Grade 6 Mathematics

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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6
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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This Illuminations lesson presents some classic problems that can be represented and solved in several ways. Students work in groups on the problems, which deal with fractions, to promote communication of mathematical ideas.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Mathematics (2004)

Grade 6

  • Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
    • Objective 1.04: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of non-negative rational numbers.
      • Analyze computational strategies.
      • Describe the effect of operations on size.
      • Estimate the results of computations.
      • Judge the reasonableness of solutions.
    • Objective 1.07: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.