Colour Tiles

Use colour tiles to represent numbers, ratios and percents. Explore patterns and measurement. Create geometric designs.

Mathematical Concepts:

Create visual representations that help explore mathematical thinking related to:

• Exploring number patterns and concepts

• Representing, comparing and ordering numbers, ratios and percents

• Skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s

• Demonstrating multiplicative thinking

• Using anchor values of 2, 5, and 10

• Modeling operations with numbers

• Exploring rectangular areas and perimeters

• Investigating transformations including: reflections, rotations and translations

Features:

• Select a tile or set of tiles by drawing a marquee around them

• Copy, create mirror images, rotate or change the colour of selected tiles

• Change the size of tiles

• Use the multiplier button to set the number of tiles (1, 2, 5, 10, 100) to drag to the workspace

• Use the Tile Count button (#) to check to see how many of each colour of tile are in the workspace

• Step through a history of your work with the undo/redo buttons

• Communicate your thinking or highlight various features of your representation using the built-in annotation tool

• Insert background images