What is a composite number?
Composite numbers have more than two factors.
What is the prime factorization of 525?
3\cdot 5^2 \cdot 7
What is a zero pair?
A pair of integers is called a zero pair if their sum is zero.
Consider the diagram below where one shape is considered the unit. What improper fraction is represented?
\frac{8}{3}
It is harvest season at Joe’s Farm. He has two pumpkin fields and the total area of the two pumpkin fields is 3 2/5 acres. The big field yield 3 2/5 tons of pumpkins and the small 2 1/12 tons of pumpkins. What is the total yield of pumpkins?
Write the answer as a mixed number and be sure to answer with the appropriate units.
5 \quad \frac{29}{60} \text{ tons}
What is wrong with this student's work? Find the correct answer.
6\times 3 \ne 24
The correct answer is
40
Rewrite the statement in the form a|b.
16 is a multiple of 4
4 | 16
Form a number bond diagram for addition and subtraction using 4, 6, and 10.
Use colored chips to compute the sum.
-8+5
Which fraction is larger?
\frac{2}{3} \text{ or } \frac{5}{7}?
\frac{5}{7}
For the following subtraction problem, use the comparison perspective. The results must come from your diagram.
\frac{7}{8}-\frac{3}{4}
A student is asked to give the minimal collection as his final answer. He draws the following.
What is wrong with this student's work? Find the correct answer.
He has too many units.
Use the rectangular model to show that 15 is a multiple of 3.
Using the list method, find
\text{GCF}(12, 18).
\text{GCF}(12, 18)=6
Using the chip model, compute the difference.
3-8
If the triangle shown has a value of 1 1/3, draw a picture that shows 1.
According to a recipe, 9/20 oz of sugar is needed to make 6 cookies. Ashley decided to use only a third of the sugar to make it healthier. How much sugar did Ashley use?
Be sure to answer with the appropriate units.
\frac{3}{20} \text{ ounces}
What is wrong with this student's work? Find the correct answer.
The student did not regroup when they could not take 9 from 7.
The correct answer is
Use the linear model to illustrate that 8 is a factor of 24.
Using the prime factorization of each number, find
\text{LCM}(24, 32).
You can leave your answer in terms of exponents.
\text{LCM}(24, 32)=2^5 \times 3 = 96
Using the number line model, find
-3\times 4
If the diagram represents 3/5, draw a diagram that represents 1.
Use fraction bars and the measurement (repeated subtraction) perspective to find the quotient.
\frac{5}{6} \div \frac{1}{3}
Given the problem 8 x 3, a student produced the following picture. What is wrong with the answer and what is the correct answer?
The second number repeats. The student should have added 3 repeatedly, not 8.
Complete the sentence below.
a is a factor of b if and only if there is a whole number c such that _________.
ac=b
Using the prime factorization of each number, find
\text{GCF}(16,25).
\text{GCF}(16, 25)=1
As you left your last class of the day at 4:30 pm, the temperature was 45 degrees. At dinner time, 6:30 pm, the temperature is 29 degrees. Assuming the temperature changes at a steady rate, what is the change in temperature each hour?
-8^{\text{o}}
If the diagram shown represents 1/8, draw a diagram that represents 3/4.
Name the perspective illustrated with the word problem below.
An airplane covers 50 miles in 1/5 of an hour. How many miles can the airplane cover in one hour?
Sharing or partitive perspective
Given
a=2^3 \cdot 7^2 \cdot 11
and
b=5^2 \cdot 7^3 \cdot 13^2
the student claims
\text{LCM}(a,b)=2 \cdot 7 \cdot 11 \cdot 5 \cdot 13
What is wrong and what is the correct answer?
The student did not take the maximum occurrence of each prime number in the factorizations.
\text{LCM}(a,b)=2^3 \cdot 5^2 \cdot 7^3 \cdot 11 \cdot 13^2