Lawson Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Thanksgiving food drive is going on right now.  I just walked passed our little drop off for Mrs. Searle's second grade and it is very bare.  The class did a math problem to see what we could come up with just a few cans to fill our space.  We found 3 different ways to solve the problem.  Can you find anymore?

The Heiskell School is hosting the Lawson Thanksgiving Food Drive.  There are thirteen students in Mrs. Searle's second grade class.  If each student and Mrs Searle brought two cans, how many cans would Mrs. Searle's class have donated?

 First Solution:

 13 students

+1  Mrs. Searle

 14 people total

   14

+14

  28 cans total for Mrs. Searle's Class

Second Solution:

 13 students

+1  Mrs. Searle

 14 people total

Count by 2's to find the answer. (14 people)

1,      2,      3,      4,      5,      6,      7,      8,      9,      10,      11,      12,      13,      14
2,     4,      6,      8,     10,     12,    14,    16,    18,     20,     22,     24,     26,     28   

Third Solution:

  13 students

+1  Mrs. Searle

 14 people total

 14  people

x 2  cans Per person

  28 cans total

Let's see if we can make this story problem a reality.  

More importantly, let's continue to work together to teach your child the joy of giving.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." 

John 3:16