Resource: Using Grouping to Count Quickly
Media Type:
QuickTime Video
Length: 3m 54s
Size: 10.7 MB
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad is trying to help the Fairy Tale people save their king. To do this the CyberSquad must count out 777 golden eggs. They don’t have much time and have to come up with a quick and efficient way get an accurate count without counting them one-by-one. They realize if they group the eggs in groups of ten, they will be about to count the eggs more quickly.
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Teachers' Domain, Using Grouping to Count Quickly, published October 7, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.math.number.nums.countquick/
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Here are some Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions for using this video in a math lesson.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame: Sometimes people save pennies in jars or other containers. Once the jar gets filled they usually empty it to find out how much money they have saved up. How would you recommend someone go about counting and organizing a large number of pennies?
Focus: In this video segment, you will watch the CyberSquad as they count and organize a large amount of golden eggs. How does the squad use grouping to help them? Note the size of the groups they create.
Source: Cyberchase: "And They Counted Happily Every After"
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Funding for the VITAL/Ready to Teach collection was secured through the United States Department of Education under the Ready to Teach Program.




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