Pinch a 10

Source: About Teaching Mathematics by Marilyn Burns You need: Small bag or bowl of kidney beans; recording sheets

Directions: 1. Take a pinch of beans and count. Ask: Did your pinch have fewer than 10, exactly 10, or more than 10 beans? 2. Make a chart as shown and record with a tally mark. Do this 10 times. Tally like this: llll l

Fewer than 10

10

More than 10

Extension: Repeat and see if the students get better at pinching tens. Or pinch popcorn.

Pinch a 10
Fewer Than 10 Ten More than Ten

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