Building conceptual understanding of multiplication...
Help Ms. Candy design her boxes. She would like a variety of sizes, to satisfy the customers' needs. She would like all the designs possible to sell her chocolates in boxes of 1 - 36 chocolates.
Making observations about arrays...
- Which numbers have rectangles that are squares?
- What is the smallest number with two different size rectangles? Three different size rectangles? Four different size rectangles?
- Which numbers have only one size rectangle? List from smallest to largest.
- For which numbers are there rectangles that have sides with twos squares on them? Write those numbers from smallest to largest.
- For which numbers are there rectangles that have sides with three squares on them? Write those from smallest to largest.
- For which numbers are there rectangles that have sides with four squares on them? Write those numbers from smallest to largest.
- For which numbers are there rectangles that have sides with five squares on them? Write those numbers from smallest to largest.
- For which numbers are there rectangles that have sides with six squares on them? Write those numbers from smallest to largest.