Grade
1

Would You Rather? City of Shapes

Would you rather build a city using …

blocks with curved surfaces like cylinders, cones and spheres? or blocks with no curved surfaces, like cubes and rectangular prisms?

Use pictures or math words to explain your choice.

I would rather build a city using … because …

Challenge

Why might someone make the other choice?

Follow-up

Write, tell, or draw your own problem like this one.
Then share it with someone else and ask them to explain their choice.

Printable Version

Google doc for printing and copying

Seesaw Version

Activity for the Seesaw platform

Reference for Educators

Sample problems and solutions