Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134392790
Author: Beckmann, Sybilla
Publisher: PEARSON
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Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities (5th Edition)
Ch. 1.1 - In your own words, discuss the connection between...Ch. 1.1 - If you give a child in kindergarten or first grade...Ch. 1.1 - For each of the following collections of small...Ch. 1.1 - In your own words, describe how you can use...Ch. 1.1 - In your own words, discuss the beginning ideas of...Ch. 1.1 - Children sometimes mistakenly read the number 1001...Ch. 1.1 - Explain why the bagged and loose toothpicks...Ch. 1.1 - Describe key features of the base-ten system....Ch. 1.1 - Draw number lines like the ones in Figure1.15 Plot...Ch. 1.1 - The students in Ms. Caven’s class have a large...
Ch. 1.2 - Suppose you want to show how the structure of the...Ch. 1.2 - Make math drawings of small bundled objects to...Ch. 1.2 - Describe and make drawings showing how to...Ch. 1.2 - Jerome says that the unlabeled tick mark on the...Ch. 1.2 - Students are sometimes uncertain about which zeros...Ch. 1.2 - Draw a number line on which the tick marks are...Ch. 1.2 - Draw a number line on which the long tick marks...Ch. 1.2 - Use a number line like the one in Figure 1.41 for...Ch. 1.2 - Cierral plots the decimal number 7.001 in the...Ch. 1.2 - Juan plots the decimal number 9.999 in the...Ch. 1.2 - For each number line in Figure 1.44 (a)-(d), draw...Ch. 1.2 - Using-1, -2, and -1.68 as examples, describe in...Ch. 1.2 - Students sometimes get confused about the...Ch. 1.2 - Draw a number line like the one in Figure 1.41 for...Ch. 1.2 - Explain why it is the case that whenever N is a...Ch. 1.3 - Explain in your own words why we compare numbers...Ch. 1.3 - Make a math drawing that shows bundled objects...Ch. 1.3 - Explain how to show which of 1.1 and 0.999 is...Ch. 1.3 - Some students have difficulty comparing decimals...Ch. 1.3 - Mary is labeling tick marks on a number line....Ch. 1.3 - Mark says that 0.178 is greater than 0.25. Why...Ch. 1.3 - Find a number between 3.24 and 3.241, if there is...Ch. 1.3 - Is there more than one decimal between 8.45 and...Ch. 1.3 - Find a number between 3.8 and 3.9, and plot all...Ch. 1.3 - For each of the following pairs of numbers, find a...Ch. 1.3 - Explain in two different ways why -8 < -5.Ch. 1.3 - Explain in two different ways why 3.251.4.Ch. 1.3 - Some students confuse decimals and negative...Ch. 1.3 - For each of the following pairs of numbers, find a...Ch. 1.3 - Describe an infinite list of decimals, all of...Ch. 1.3 - The smallest integer that is greater than 2 is 3....Ch. 1.3 - On the number line in Figure 1.55, assume that A...Ch. 1.3 - On the number line in Figure 1.55, assume that -A...Ch. 1.4 - Round 2.1349 to the nearest hundredth. Explain in...Ch. 1.4 - Round 27,003 to the nearest hundred. Explain in...Ch. 1.4 - Round 9995.2 to the nearest ten. Explain in your...Ch. 1.4 - Adam has made up his own method of rounding....Ch. 1.4 - The label on a snack food package says that one...Ch. 1.4 - The weight of an object is reported as 12,000...Ch. 1.4 - In a report, a population is given as 2700. Should...
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