Unit 2 - Student Guidebook [w/ images]

UNIT 2: THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE (Operations)

STATUS: [HEAVY MACHINERY ACTIVE]

📂 INTRODUCTION: Powering Up the Machines

Welcome back!

In Unit 1, we learned about the blocks (Numbers). Now, in Unit 2, we are going to learn how to move them.

Think of your brain like a construction site. We have four major machines we use to build things:

  1. Addition: The Glue Gun (Putting things together).

  2. Subtraction: The Saw (Cutting things away).

  3. Multiplication: The Forklift (Moving huge stacks at once).

  4. Division: The Sorting Belt (Splitting piles into equal groups).

Put on your safety goggles. It’s time to operate the heavy machinery.

🏗️ MODULE 2.1: The Forklift (Multiplication)

2.1.1 Batch Processing

Objective: Multiply big numbers without counting one by one.

Imagine a delivery truck arrives with 2