Nctm: Figure This: Beating Heart Activity

Publisher

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Activity

Nctm: Figure This: Beating Heart

Curated by ACT

Do you know how long it takes your heart to beat 100 times? Test your estimation and number sense skills with this problem-solving challenge. A one-page activity taken from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families Collection. Hints and real-world applications included.

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Concepts

addition, critical thinking, estimation, math concepts, millions, multiplication, number sense, problem solving strategies

Additional Tags

calculations, counting strategies, estimate, estimation in problem solving, estimation strategies, problem solving with estimation, figure this, nctm

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

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