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Elementary, My Dear

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1973

Elementary, My Dear
3 min2nd3rd4th5thMath
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Summary

A detective-themed romp through the twos. Counting by twos, it shows that multiplying by two is just doubling, with the even numbers marching past two at a time.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A detective-themed romp through the twos.

  1. What does it mean to double a number?
  2. What pattern do you hear when you count by twos?
  3. Are the answers in the twos always even? Why?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: double, even, multiply.

Try it: Count by twos up to 24 and circle the pattern in the ones digits.