Are there more orange squares or purple squares?

How do you know?

How did you see it?

How could you figure it out?

2, 3, 4

Attending to and using structure

Comparing quantities

Composing and decomposing number

Thinking in equal groups

Connecting area and multiplicative thinking

After the class has discussed the questions above, you can extend this activity by posing the following questions:

Make your own arrays: Can you make two arrays that have the same number of squares shaded?

Can you make two arrays where the number of squares is close to the same but not equal?