Design Your Own Code Breaker (B) WORKSHEET
Suitable for Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade
CCSS: 5.NBT.B.7, 6.NS.B.3
CCSS Description: CCSS Description: Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi‑digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi‑digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
Design Your Own Code Breaker (B) WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
These Code Breaker resources will encourage your learners to use and apply problem - solving and numeracy skills as they design their own questions to reveal the answer to a maths based joke.
Teachers and parents can suggest themes for questions or let your children get creative and demonstrate their skills. In this version learners will answer all questions with fractions, decimals with up to 2 decimal places and integers up to 10,000. Students need to create 11 questions for their code breaker.
Humour has been shown to increase retention of information, improve understanding, and stimulate cognitive processing so why not add some laughter to your maths lessons, homework assignments or home learning?!
