Math Investigations

Some students worked on answering this question today: "What addition combinations can be made with a set of double-six dominoes?" They worked in groups to create graphs with paper dominoes. 

In the math talk that followed, these were some of the ideas that came up:

• the sums showed a growing pattern
• the number of dominoes for each sum showed a growing, then shrinking pattern
• the shape of the graph was the opposite of the shape of our weekly temperature graph
• reasons there would be more domino sums for 6 than for 0 or 12

It's very exciting to see these young mathematicians making discoveries, connecting new learning to previous learning, and sharing their ideas!