Week 33: April Fool's Math Submissions

Welcome to Table Talk Math. This week, I'm sharing some subscriber-create number puzzles from last week. View this email in your browser Table Talk Newsletter #33 This week's newsletter is also available in Spanish by going to this link, thanks to Ed Campos! For the link to share, please use: bit.ly/ttm33spanish Thank you to all who submitted number puzzles to share with others. I have taken a couple and compiled them here. As a thank you, I will be sending a signed copy of my upcoming book, Table Talk Math, to each of the families. My challenge to you is to try these out with your child and see if you can come up with the algebraic expression it is building. Challenge 1, from Dylan (1st grade) in Wisconsin: Pick any number Add 10 to your number Take away 3 from that number Take away 8 from that number Add 5 to that number Subtract that number by your original number. What did you get? Dylan got 4, but how? What does the expression look like? Thanks to Dylan and his dad, Thomas, for sharing. Make sure you email your conversation and result: john@tabletalkmath.com Challenge 2, from Aleysa (6th grade) in Texas: Pick any number Multiply your number by 4 Multiply that number by 2 Subtract 6 from your number Add 11 to your number Add 3 to your number Divide your number by 8 Subtract your original number from your new number What did you get? Aleysa got 1, but how? All that work for an answer of ONE?! What is the expression that her challenge created? Thanks to Aleysa and her mom, Tatyannah, for sharing. Make sure you email your conversation and result: john@tabletalkmath.com Next week, I will be showing you a picture that is sure to get the table talking. In the meantime, continue creating puzzles with your child and please share them with me. This has been fun to see the replies from all of you who have sent something in. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me on Twitter (@TableTalkMath) or comment below. Be sure to have your friends sign up for the newsletter at tabletalkmath.com for weekly updates. Thank you for taking the time to improve math fluency for children, one table talk conversation at a time. *|TWITTER:TWEET|* Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Mailing Address *|LIST:ADDRESS|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*