Yesterday we used our box tops to help us learn our 10 table for multiplication. It was a lot of fun to see the children begin to grasp the concept of multiplication in a very tangible way. They all were able to see that each box top was worth 10 cents. We grouped our box tops into groups of ten and then were able to multiple by ten to see how much money we had raised. The children figured out with their multiplication knowledge that 10 x 10 = 100. So every group of ten was worth 100 cents. From studying money this chapter, they reminded me that 100 cents is equal to $1.00.
It was a lot of fun for us to see how quickly those little box tops could add up. When we were finished with our groups of ten we discovered that we have 55 groups of ten and 9 left over. So we did a quick little multiplication problem and that we had brought in 559 box tops! The children knew that meant we had raised $55.90. Way to go class. Let's see if we can't make that number grow for the rest of the year.
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