6th grade
Multiplication and division facts to 12 × 12
Facts up to 12 × 12, mixed. Students type an answer, see right away whether it's correct, and get a fresh problem each time. A streak counter tracks 10 in a row, and a wrong answer sends it back to zero.
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In Amplify it's called "Multiplying and Dividing Fluency". To assign it, you'll need an Amplify Classroom teacher account, which is free.
What's in it
- Every division problem comes from a multiplication fact, so every answer is a whole number.
- Typing the problem itself back, like 7 × 8, doesn't count as an answer.
- The celebrations are over the top, with emojis, and they change from one right answer to the next. "Try again" stays short and calm.
- Once a student gets 10 in a row, a "Goal reached!" banner stays up for the rest of the activity.
- I built this one on a free ChatGPT account.
What I said to ChatGPT
This is everything I typed, exactly as ChatGPT received it, all in one message.
Build a one-slide practice activity on multiplication and division facts, mixed. Each problem is randomly generated. Use factors from 1 to 12 and the × and ÷ signs, and make each division problem from one of those multiplication facts, so every answer is a whole number. The student types the answer and presses Check. Only count an answer typed as a plain number; treat anything else, like typing the problem itself (7 × 8), as wrong. If they press Check with the box empty, nothing should happen. If they're right, show a celebration and a new problem. If they're wrong, show "Try again" and keep the same problem. Make the celebrations over the top and fun, with emojis, and vary them so they don't get old, but keep "Try again" short and calm. Show a streak counter that goes back to 0 after a wrong answer, and also show their best streak so far. Once they get 10 in a row, show a big "Goal reached!" celebration and keep it on the screen for the rest of the activity, even after a wrong answer, with the celebrations and "Try again" still showing under it.
Make your own version
Copy the request, change whatever you like (the topic, the numbers, the goal), and paste it into the plugin as one message. It tells you which pieces to add in Amplify's activity builder and what to paste into each one.
To find it yourself, open ChatGPT, click Plugins and search for Desmos. On a school-managed ChatGPT account, an admin might have to enable it first. The plugin does make mistakes sometimes, so preview what it builds before you assign anything.