What does mixing up red and black playing cards have to do with logical thinking? And how can a picturing what happens when you mix up two sets of cards help build reasoning skills that can apply to coffee??

This problem-set is all about taking a simple example, like mixing a deck of cards, and using it to talk about big ideas like how to reason logically, create arguments, and show thinking visually.

Challenge your students to use logic, reasoning, proportional thinking, and problem-solving skills to not just understand how the cards problem works, but how the kind of thinking they’re using to apply to other situations, like mixtures of cream and coffee!

This download includes a complete problem-solving journey to get your students thinking, including 2 unique, engaging, problem-solving tasks; the Problem, and its Exstemsion.

Created by teachers, with teachers and parents in mind, each task is built to challenge students to use their prior knowledge, and think creatively as they strive to solve the context-driven problems.

This download includes the following additional teaching tools:

•Thinking skills (what kind of thinking are kids building here?)

•Problem/Solution

•Exstemsion/Solution

•Supporting Questions (ideas for the questions you might as a student when they are stuck, place where they are most likely to get stuck!)

•Big Ideas (what are the math ideas built through this problem?)

No PREP required! Each challenge is ready to PRINT, and comes with an easy to use, 100% complete, and detailed solution!

Math Category: Reasoning, logical thinking, arguementation, and generalization

Perfect for grades 6+