My colleague (Thanks, JH!) shared these activities with me when we had a 20th anniversary celebration for a student group. I decided to adapt them for today and spend about 12 minutes of math class on these 12 questions.
Twelve
- 12 could be... 12 could never be...
- When is 12 a small number? When is 12 a large number?
- Write a number sentence that equals 12. (use fractions or mixed numbers)
- The answer is 12. What is the question? (not a number sentence)
- List things that come in 12.
- Find as many words as you can hidden in: DECEMBER TWELFTH
- 12 is to dozen as ____ is to ____.
- Roll six dice (dodecahedrons!) and use the numbers and any combination of operations to equal 12.
- If the product of two integers is 12, we know that....
- What are items shorter than 12 cm? Exactly 12 cm? Longer than 12 cm?
- List ways to use 12 cups of water.
- List titles or common sayings with "12" in them.
