Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 40 Issue 2, September 2003
32 – 37
Let’s Do It: Measurement for the Times
Mary Montgomery Lindquist and Marcia E. Dana
This is an article about measurement and multiplication. We chose this topic for three reasons. First, children need a variety of practice in multiplication. We hope that when children are working with problems in interesting, meaningful situations, they will be motivated to do the related computations thoughtfully and accurately. The individual activities do not contain a multitude of multiplication exercises-we are more interested in the quality than in the quantity of work done. Second, measurement is one of the main ways we use mathematics in everyday life. Thus, at the same time the children are practicing multiplication, they are applying it. Third, mathematical skills often are taught separately and children do not see the relationships between them. Here we have provided ways to tie measurement and multiplication together.
