In math, what are “exploding dots?” I work with students and one of them is taking a course called Exploding Dots. I thought it sounded fun so I looked it up—I’m having trouble even understanding the concept of it, much less how it actually works.

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In math, what are “exploding dots?” I work with students and one of them is taking a course called Exploding Dots. I thought it sounded fun so I looked it up—I’m having trouble even understanding the concept of it, much less how it actually works.

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As a maths teacher (primary), I’ve found it quite a useful intervention for explaining base 10 and how regrouping works to children who dont seem to understand manipulative like Dienes. Furthermore, been great way getting class to understand how base 3 would work for instance. Really refreshing, geeky challenge writing numbers in different bases