Investigating 16 with Cuisenaire rods

After a long time exploring Cuisenaire rods using their colour letter names, we're now doing the same using the numbers, (for the moment) counting the white as 1, the red as 2, and so on.

We've been looking at ways of making the number 16:

Have a look at a slideshow of our work in class. Or see it as a movie:

We've been writing down the equations we've created:

Thanks also to BT who inspired us with some 16 work she did at home: