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Investigation 1—Building on Factor and Multiples

  • 1.1—Playing the Factor Game—Finding Proper Factors

o   The Factor Game:  http://media.pearsoncmg.com/curriculum/math/cmp3/activities/A82384/

o   Finding Factors: http://www.hoodamath.com/games/factorfeeder.html

o   Octopus Factors: http://www.counton.org/games/map-numbers/octopus/

 

  • 1.2—Playing to Win—Prime and Composite Numbers

o   Brain Pop:  http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/primenumbers/

o   Prime and Composite:  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/numbers/fruit_shoot_prime.htm

  

  •  1.3—The Product Game—Finding Multiples

o   The Product Game: http://media.pearsoncmg.com/curriculum/math/cmp3/activities/A82386/

o   Finding Multiples: http://www.mathplayground.com/multiples.html

  

  • 1.4—Rectangles and Factor Pairs

o   Factor Pairs:  https://www.mangahigh.com/en/maths_games/number/using_number_facts/identify_factor_pairs

o   Factor Pairs:   http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-math-lines-xfactor/

 

 

Investigation 2—Common Multiples and Factors

  •  2.1—Riding Ferris Wheels—Choosing Common Multiples or Common Factors

o   Common Multiple Explanation http://www.mathsisfun.com/least-common-multiple.html

o   Common Multiples:  http://www.fun4thebrain.com/beyondfacts/lcmsnowball.html

o   Common Multiples: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/LeastCommonMultiple.htm

  

  • 2.2—Looking at Cicada Cycles—Choosing Common Multiples or Common Factors

o   Common Multiples:  http://www.teacherled.com/resources/vennmultiples/vennmultipleload.swf

  

  • 2.3—Bagging Snacks—Choosing Common Multiples or Common Factors

o   Greatest Common Factor Explanation:  http://www.mathsisfun.com/greatest-common-factor.html

o   Greatest Common Factor:  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/GreatestCommonFactor.htm

o   Factors and Divisibility: http://www.math-play.com/Factors-Millionaire/Factors-Millionaire.html

 

 

Investigation 3—Factorizations:  Searching for Factor Strings

  •  3.1—The Product Puzzle—Finding Factor Strings

o   Brain Pop:  http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/exponents/

Brain Pop: http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/factoring/

o   Factor Trees (Needs Java):  http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_202_g_3_t_1.html

o   Factor Trees:  http://www.softschools.com/math/factors/factor_tree/

 

  •  3.2—Finding the Longest Factor String

o   Powers of 10 Explanation:  http://www.mathsisfun.com/index-notation-powers.html

o   Prime Factorization: http://www.math-play.com/Spinner-Game-Prime-Factorization/Spinner-Game-Prime-Factorization.html

 

  • 3.3—Using Prime Factorizations

o   Using Factor Trees to find GCF and LCM:  http://www.mathplayground.com/factortrees.html

 

o   Factors, Multiples, GCF, LCM:  http://www.math-play.com/Factors-and-Multiples-Jeopardy/Factors-and-Multiples-Jeopardy.html

 

 

Investigation 4—Linking Multiplication and Addition:  The Distributive Property

 

·         4.1—Reasining with Even and Odd Numbers

o   Even and Odds:  http://nrich.maths.org/4308

o   Even and Odds:  http://nrich.maths.org/2783

 

 ·         4.2—Using the Distributive Property

o   Brain Pop:  http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/distributiveproperty/

o   Distributive Property Explanation:  http://www.mathsisfun.com/associative-commutative-distributive.html

o   Distributive Property:  http://www.hstutorials.net/dialup/distributiveProp.htm

o   Distributive Property:  http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-7/distributive-property

o   Battleship: https://www.quia.com/ba/15357.html

 

 ·  4.3—Ordering Operations

o   Brain Pop:  http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/orderofoperations/

o   Order of Operations Explanation:  http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html

o   Order of Operations:   http://www.math-play.com/Order-of-Operations-Millionaire/order-of-operations-millionaire.html

o   Order of Operations:  http://www.softschools.com/math/order_of_operations/games/

o   Order of Operations:     http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/alg.cgi

o   Order of Operations:    http://www.basic-mathematics.com/order-of-operations-game.html

 

 ·         4.4—Choosing an Operation

o   Choosing Operations:   https://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/maths_games/number/number_operations_and_the_relationships_between_them/choose_the_correct_operation