JAY'S JUICEBOXES
Our first investigation as math detectives: Jay brought some juice boxes to soccer practice to share with his teammates. He had 3 single boxes and 4 multi-packs. There are 6 single boxes in each multi-pack. To determine how many boxes of juice Jay brought to practice, evaluate 3 + 4 × 6. How many juiceboxes did he bring??? Teams got together to figure this out, and the productive struggle began. By the end of the session, we shared our confusion. A model or drawing helped everyone come to the same conclusion. Jay had 27 juiceboxes. Interestingly, students' models looked different, but all told the same story. |