Exploring Krypto
This is a link to a lesson plan that uses the Krypto game to develop number sense, computational skills, and an understanding of the order of operations. The rules of Krypto are amazingly simple —combine five numbers using the standard arithmetic operations to create a target number. Finding a solution to one of the more than 3 million possible combinations can be quite a challenge, but students love it. This link also provides printable rules and strategies to share with the students.
This would be a great filler or center activity. Krypto encourages students to problem solve while finding solutions to simple math equations. This game also provides an opportunity to use the identity properties of multiplication and addition. This activity can be differentiated by using one, two, or more operations to find the target number. Also included are questions for discussion,assessment,and enrichment.
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