As stated in the research section, To Market, To Market takes a different approach to learning the number system. Although the outcomes are the same as with a traditional math approach, the process of getting to those outcomes is different. The students start with their intuitive sense of bigger and smaller and their visual sense of number. They start with “big” numbers. From these intuitive and visual underpinnings, students build the structure of the number system—first by just being exposed to the numeral that represents a set, and eventually to using that numeral to solve the problem.

National Council of Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards

Skills Summary

Some of the specific concepts and skills targeted by To Market, To Market games are shown in the table below.