Solve For Unknown

This week Kendi learned about solving for unknown in Math.  You know how the equations go: ? + 3 = 5.  We did the entire lesson and worksheets one day and did the math adventure on the next day.

We applied this to real life by getting out her piggy bank.  She had just got some birthday money so we spent a little time taking out tithing, adding some to her savings and then some to her spending as well.  After we were done counting and adding out how much money she had in spending we talked about some things she could save her money for.  She had a total of five dollars in spending and wanted to figure out how much more money she needed to earn to be able to buy a $30 item that she had decided on.  I wrote out the equation for her.  5 + ? = 30.

Kendi completely understood the concept and followed where I was going with this.  It became more than just a story problem when we applied Solving for Unknown to her life.  She was so excited she went out and earned another five dollars and then asked if we could figure out how much more she needed to earn now.  I love it when math is this much fun.