COAT HANGER MATH - Pitt County Schools



COAT HANGER MATH

Materials needed: wire hanger, clothespins

Take the hanger and hang about 20 plastic clothespins across the bottom. (colors are fun to use)

Preschool/kindergarten Parent: “Show me three.”

“Show me five.” Let your child count the clothespins and scoot them across the hanger.

K-2 Parent: “Show me three. Add four.” “What did you get?” (It is normal to re-count.)

Multiplication

Parent: “Show me 4 sets of 3.”

“How can you say that using multiplication?”

“I will write a multiplication sentence. (5 x 3)

Show me with the clothespins what that means.”

Division

Parent: “Show me 15 divided by 3 = 5.”

“Now I will arrange the clothespins.” (8 clothespins divided into four groups with 2 in each group)

“How can you say that using division?”

Child: “Eight divided by four equals two.”

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