Can Captain
Stupendous win the battles below
by justifying his answers with manipulatives,
or will Sinister Stump prevail!
Choose below to find out
which character succeeds!
If there are 20
students in your classroom, could
you move your desks into groups of 4 without
having any students left over?
Character
Answer
Justification
Yes!
There will be no students left over
because I always succeed!
Yes
I took 20 scared teddy bears and made them
line up in 4 rows with 5 bears in each row. So you would
have 5 groups with none left to scare!
Yikes...
Sinister Stump won the first battle!
If 26 people are
stuck on a sinking ship, then
a rescue boat takes 15 of them to safety,
how many are still sinking?
Character
Answer
Justification
11!
I used a number grid to count back
15 starting at 26 and I figured out that there are 11 people
still sinking...but not for long!
11
I asked my two evil assistants and they told
me that there are still 11 people sinking on that ship I pulled
the plug on!
Yes...
Captain Stupendous has tied it up!
Sinister
Stump has threatened to turn all of the
leaves on our trees brown unless we pay him
$1.00 a day for a whole week! We only have
$8.00 in our piggy bank! Do we have enough?
Character
Answer
Justification
Yes!
I took 8 stupendous dollars out of
my piggy bank and counted out 1 for each day of the week (7 in
all). I had one left over to buy a stupendous shake!
Yes
There are 7 days in a week and you have $8.
If I had a calendar I'd show you.
