Counting Squares

The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to compose and decompose squares. This is a challenging problem for first graders and it would be inappropriate to use it as an assessment. However, if presented as a brainteaser it can be useful for giving the students practice in recognizing squares and stimulate interest as students compete to try to find the most squares.

Resource ID#: 42071 Type: Problem-Solving Task

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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics

Grade Level(s): 1

Intended Audience: Educators , Students , Parents

Instructional Time: 15 Minute(s)

Keywords: counting squares, illustrative mathematics, illustrativemathematics.org, compose shapes, decompose shapes

Instructional Component Type(s): Problem-Solving Task

Resource Collection: Illustrative Mathematics

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