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Week 04 · Missing numbers

Friday

Freddy's mystery game
// Unknowns, turn-arounds and break-aparts
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Freddy's mystery game

Freddy the Frog hops in with a box of mystery cards.

"Ribbit! Every card hides a number," he says.

"Use a fact you know to find it."

Samantha bounces up and down. "I can turn facts around!"

Lucy adds, "And I can share and make groups."

"Then let us play," says Bennie.

Game 1: Mystery numbers

FIND THE UNKNOWN
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
7 × ? = 56
? ÷ 6 = 9
45 ÷ ? = 9
36 = 9 × ?

Game 2: Turn, group and break

PICK THE ANSWER
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
5 × 9 = 9 × ?
2 × 6 × 5 = ?
A rectangle of unit squares, seven rows of eight, split into 5 and 3 columns7 × 8 = 7 × 5 + 7 × ?
A rectangle of unit squares, seven rows of eight, split into 5 and 3 columns7 × 8 = ?

Game 3: Trail stories

SOLVE THE STORY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A turtleFreddy sees 4 logs with 8 turtles on each. How many turtles?
Six frogs share 36 lily pads fairly. How many each?
Freddy hops 523 times on Monday and 289 on Tuesday. How many hops?
Round 645 to the nearest ten.
ORDER THE PRODUCTS
  • Find each product.
  • Tap them from least to greatest.
11st
22nd
33rd
44th

Game 4: True or false?

SentenceTrue or false?
5 × 9 = 9 × 5?
54 ÷ 6 = 10?
7 × 8 = 7 × 5 + 7 × 3?
45 ÷ 5 = 9?
WHY THIS EXERCISE6 × 9 = 54, so 54 ÷ 6 = 9.
Try it
Ask a grown-up to say a mystery sentence, like 6 × ? = 30.
Hop like Freddy once for each count of 6.
Stop when you reach 30. How many hops?
On paper, make your own mystery card with a ? in it. Write the answer on the back.

Ribbit! You solved every mystery. Tomorrow is a Number Hunt.

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