Bruce Burkhart, November 2016

Posted: 11/1/2016

Discussion Question: 

• What products in your school or home that have corn in them? Teachers can find answers here:   http://commodityhq.com/2012/13-ways-corn-is-used-in-our-everyday-lives/ 

 

Teacher Resource:  http://www.explainthatstuff.com/howcombineharvesterswork.html

This link has a very good visual of how a combine works.

 

Core Content Standard & Question 4.OA.2 Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.

• One ear of corn has about 800 kernels. Bruce threw two ears of corn into the combine. How many kernels of corn went into the combine?