Grade
1

Same & Different: Bugging Out

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A. shows a face made with cubes. The small cubes fit together to make 1 big cube. The face has two eyes and a mouth. 2 antennas on the top are spheres. B. shows a face made with squares. 9 small squares make 1 big square. The face has two eyes and a mouth. 2 antennas on the top are circles.
  1. How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Make a third picture with 1 big shape made of smaller shapes. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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