LESSON 3 Spinning Sums

Nisha, Darius, and Carla were playing a board game using spinners. Nisha went first. She spun a 5 and a 4, so she moved 9 spaces on the board. The sum of 5 and 4 is 9.

Darius spun a 3 and an 8, so he moved 11 spaces on the board. Carla moved 7 spaces.

Discuss the following questions with your group and then your class.

1. What numbers could Carla have spun to move seven spaces?
2. What is the largest sum a player can spin?
3. Which do you think is more likely to happen: spinning a sum of 7 or spinning a sum of 18?