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What is the cubes strategy?
The CUBES math strategy is a simple tool that teachers can teach their students to provide them with step-by-step actionable steps to pick apart and understand what is being asked in a story problem. Each letter of CUBES stands for an actionable item that students will do to their word problems.
How many cubes are missing here?
So here in the puzzle image, we can see that we have to add 2 cubes in the top row, 6 cubes in the 2nd row and 12 missing cubes in the 3rd row to make it complete. In total, we have to add 12 + 6 + 2 = 20 cubes.
What does the B stand for in cubes?
1. C.U.B.E.S. C.U.B.E.S stands for circle the important numbers, underline the question, box the words that are keywords, eliminate extra information, and solve by showing work. Why I like it: Gives students a very specific ‘what to do. ‘
How do you count the sides of a cube?
We start from a column/row and count the sides painted for each cube in that column/row and draw a tally in front of each line for every cube we do, and only then we move on to the next column/row of cubes until there are no more columns/rows left.
What’s the best way to answer a cube counting question?
The most common method for answering cube counting questions is the tally table. In this method, you draw a table. On the left side of the table, we have the number of sides painted in a cube, and on the right side, we have the number of cubes with that many sides painted.
Which is the correct side of a green cube?
Keep in mind that the bottom side is always considered not painted since the cubes are all sitting on the bottom side, it is not exposed to be painted. Thus in the example below, the red side of the green cube is not another cube, it is the left face of the green cube. The most common method for answering cube counting questions is the tally table.
How many cubes have 3 of their sides painted?
Then you will be asked questions such as “how many cubes have three of their sides painted?” or “How many cubes have four/five of their sides painted/exposed?” In this shape we have 4 cubes, the numbers on each cube represent the exposed sides that are painted.