Dealing with dominoes
This is a level 2 measurement strand activity from the Figure It Out series. It is focused on matching equivalent measurement units to solve problems. A PDF of the student activity is included.
About this resource
Figure It Out is a series of 80 books published between 1999 and 2009 to support teaching and learning in New Zealand classrooms.
This resource provides the teachers’ notes and answers for one activity from the Figure It Out series. A printable PDF of the student activity can be downloaded from the materials that come with this resource.
Specific learning outcomes:
- Match equivalent measurement units.
Dealing with dominoes
Achievement objectives
GM2-2: Partition and/or combine like measures and communicate them, using numbers and units.
Required materials
- Figure It Out, Level 2–3, Measurement, "Dealing with dominoes", page 9
- scissors
- 2 or 3 classmates
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- Dealing with dominoes activity (.pdf)
- Dominoes game 1 (.pdf)
- Dominoes game 2 (.pdf)
- Dominoes game 3 (.pdf)
Activity
Game
This domino game is designed to develop students’ concepts of equivalent units of measurement and equivalent sums of money. There is a copymaster for Supermarket Dominoes at the back of this booklet. Students will need to cut out the dominoes before playing, taking care that they cut along the solid line rather than along the dotted line so that they cut out a full domino.
To work out the rule for joining dominoes, students may need to use their set of dominoes to act out the game shown on the page. Dominoes can be joined where the matching squares contain equivalent measures or amounts of money.
Before the students play this game using the full set of Supermarket Dominoes, it is important that they have learnt about equivalent measures by investigating different containers and masses and manipulating sums of money. It is easy to find containers with capacities of 250 millilitres, 500 millilitres, 750 millilitres, 1 litre, and 1.5 litres. Ask students to discover equivalence relationships by pouring amounts from one container to the other.
1.
The cards that are placed next to each other must have equal measurements.
2.
Ellery can play the
10 c |
2 kg |
domino and place it beside the
1 kg |
1 kg |
domino square.
Game
A game using Supermarket Dominoes.
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