T4T Gr 3 C1 Lesson Grasshopper Legs
This lesson is from Tools 4 NC Teachers. In this lesson, students explore multiplication and division concepts through the use of numberless word problems and use various strategies to solve a second problem.
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Preview of Grasshopper Legs Task
Task 1:
You see a group of grasshoppers on the
ground. If you see some legs, how many
grasshoppers are there?
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
Task 2:
Grasshoppers have 6 legs. You see a group of
grasshoppers on the ground. If you see 48 legs, how many grasshoppers are
there?
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?