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US 2022/0277665 A1Published application
Manipulative for modeling operations with fractions
OwnerDwight Mortoninventor
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Abstract
A manipulative and related methods for modeling addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of fractions, mixed numbers, or decimal numbers comprising a board with a series of pits, holes, and counters.
Claims20
A manipulative comprising a board, wherein the board comprises a series of pits arranged in rows and at least one counter or well at an end of the board.
A method of using a manipulative, the method comprising
- providing a board, wherein the board comprises a series of pits arranged equally into a top row and a bottom row, at least one counter or well at an end of the board, and at least one hole for receiving at least one pin;
- providing at least one pin;
- placing at least one stone in a pit based on a given number;
- generating an output based on the location of the stone;
- correlating values based on the placement of the at least one pin in at least one hole with a location of at least one stone to generate resulting values.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, in response to being executed, cause a computing system to:
- generate an output based on the location of stones on a board of a manipulative;
- and
- correlate values based on placement of at least one pin in at least one hole with a location of at least one stones to generate resulting values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.