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Operations with
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Paper Chain Activity
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Materials Needed
Scissors & Glue

Instructions
1. Print pages 4-5 one sided for each student.
Print page 3 if you want the optional show your
work page.

2. Instruct students to cut out the 20 strips and lay

them out on their desks.

3. The Start link will be the first link in the chain.

The next link can be found by solving the
problem on the start link and finding the paper
strip that has the corresponding answer.
Students will continue this process until
the chain has been completely
assembled and students have reached
the stop link.

The correct order of links is as follows:

A, Q, S, L, F, J, M, R, K, B, I, O, T, C, H, N, D, G, P, E

Show Your
Work
Name
____________________

The correct order of links is:

__, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __

=?

- 8 - 2 . 5= ?

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START
-2.5
-3.5
4.5

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3
7
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- 6 .8 + ( - 1. 9) = ?

( 2 . 5) ( - 3.4 ) = ?

The End

-7.9

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2.1

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-8.5

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- 0 .5 - (- 4 . 5) = ?

7
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6.3
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4.5
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-8.7

( - 1 . 8) ( - 3. 5) = ?

8 + ( - 4 .5 ) = ?

7.8-1.5=?

4.6

=?

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3.5

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- 2. 2 + 6. 8= ?

- 5 .6 + 2 . 1= ?

- 8 .5 3 .4 = ?