QUEST Math Week of August 28th

This week in QUEST Math we watched the video Everyone Can Do Well in Math and talked about the research that shows our brains actually grow and change when we struggle with new ideas and tasks. We also read the book What Do You Do With a Problem by Kobi Yamada and discussed how every problem presents itself with an opportunity to learn something new.

We then played a game called 4x4, which involves using 4 numbers (determined by rolling 4 dice) and all 4 basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) to come up with solutions from 1-10. For example, one of my groups rolled 2, 2, 3, 5. The first solution we found was:

5 + 3 + 2 - 2 = 8

The students were quite challenged by this game, and I encouraged them to take their notes home and to push themselves to come up with more possibilities. I look forward to seeing their results next week!