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Week of Inspirational Math

Day 2

Mistakes are Beautiful Things (Believe in Yourself!)

* As you are watching…

* What really strikes you? * What are some of the “big ideas” being presented?

Video 1

* As you are watching…

* What really strikes you? * What are some of the “big ideas” being presented?

Video 2

* How do you see the pattern growing?

Squares to Stairs (1)

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

* What does Figure 10 look like and how many squares does it have? * What does Figure 55 look like and how many squares does it have? * Can you use 190 squares to make a stair-like structure? Justify your thinking with different representations visually, numerically, algebraically.

Squares to Stairs (2)

* More Challenges:

* How can you figure out how many total squares are in any figure? * If you have 1,478 squares, can you make a stair-like structure using all of the squares?

Squares to Stairs (3)

* What were some of today’s important take- aways?

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