Match Stick Problem

Today for our number talk we did the match stick problem above where students are give match sticks arranged to show "6 + 4 = 4" and make the equation true by moving just one stick.  We used cotton swabs in place of the match sticks and tried to find how many ways we could solve it.

Students were highly engaged and very creative in their answers.  They surprised me by coming up with answers using variables and inequalities.  See how many ways you can solve the problem.

Here are some of their results:

And the Periscope...

Post by @MrSorensen805