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Capacity Man (gallons, quarts, pints, & cups) is an interactive math tool in which students may see for themselves how the 4 customary/standard US liquid measurements are related. As students cut each section out (before gluing), they can lay the 4 quarts, 8 pints, and 16 cups on top of the gallon square and see how they are related. Students in 3rd - 5th grade have enjoyed this activity for many years. Directions are included. Currently saved as a PowerPoint, I have yet to try it out on a SMAR

The beauty of this workspace is that you can “stack” the numbers – or “unstack” – to show both the expanded forms and standard forms – almost magically. This is a computerized version of S.U.M. Back in the 1980s, S.U.M. (Success in Understanding Math) introduced an idea of placing the numbers on sentence strips, then sliding them together, revealing only the standard form. The number could then be “expanded” to witness the zeros in action as place holders – revealing expanded form (or expande

Why Build a Million?  -To build a visual representation of one million to help conceptualize the magnitude of large numbers  -To develop, extend, and rebuild place value understanding in the base ten number system  -To create a tool rich with opportunities for number sense and place value routines This 3 minute powerpoint is ready for you to hit F5, and watch as a million is constructed.