Fun in Math

Today I gave the students this math problem to solve in teams:

I have 47 cents in my piggy bank. There are only 11 coins. Show what the coins might be. 

Students did a GREAT job with working together to problem-solve.  Here are some pictures of the fun we had:

Below are some of the solutions that the kids came up with:

We presented our ideas...

We starting using our new ipads! We got 3 in our classroom! 

Mr. Avrit is one of our awesome math volunteers!