Design Your Own Code Breaker (C) WORKSHEET
Suitable for Grades: 5th Grade
CCSS: 5.NF.A.1
CCSS Description: CCSS Description: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12.(In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)
Design Your Own Code Breaker (C) 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 students get creative and demonstrate their skills. In this version learners will answer all questions with fractions, decimals with up to 3 decimal places and integers up to 10,000. Students need to create 21 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?!
