{"id":3238,"date":"2012-05-09T16:48:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2012-05-10T16:56:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T20:56:16","slug":"how-many-triangles-fit-into-a-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/2012\/05\/09\/how-many-triangles-fit-into-a-square\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Triangles Fit into a Square?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, during Math Workshop, I asked the kids, &#8220;How many triangles fit into a square?&#8221; As we are talking about Geometry it important to think about more than just sides of shapes \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The kids then got a chance to explore the question and try to come up with the answer.\u00a0 The great thing is there isn&#8217;t just one answer!\u00a0 The kids have to think about it, talk about it, and explain their reasoning.\u00a0 This problem really made them think.\u00a0 We had a lot of talking and explaining so I venture to say we will be working on this problem for a few more days!\u00a0 I am proud of them for being able to think outside of the box and come up with multiple solutions with explanations.\u00a0 Here are a few of the ways we answered this question today:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3242\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1366-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1366-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1366-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1366.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3241\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1364-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1364-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1364-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1364.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1363.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3240\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1363-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1363-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1363-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1363.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1362.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3239\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1362-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1362-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1362-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1362.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, during Math Workshop, I asked the kids, &#8220;How many triangles fit into a square?&#8221; 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