Adding and Subtracting Integers with Balloons and Sandbags

Adding and Subtracting Integers with Balloons and Sandbags

Add and subtract integers by building expressions using balloons and sandbags in this interactive activity.


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Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Otvoreno pitanje 1

What direction did the basket move when you added balloons? Sandbags?

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Otvoreno pitanje 2

What direction did the basket move when you subtracted balloons? Sandbags?

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Otvoreno pitanje 3

Suppose the basket had a starting position of 35 and you removed 5 sandbags. Where would the basket end up? 

Tekstualni i matematički unos