Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching through Elementary Mathematical Modeling

Sharing Tasks

Sharing tasks allows students to explore an everyday activity using mathematical modeling.

Watch this video to learn about how the context of sharing can engage students in math modeling!


Types of Sharing Tasks

In a building up task, students have a small amount of objects and need to determine how many objects they need so everyone has enough.

In a distributing task, students have a large amount of objects and need to determine how many objects each person receives.

student holding graham crackers at chart paper easel
teacher at interactive board with 2 types of goldfish packaging.