Story problem
Maddie wants to sew a square that needs 3 1/4 yard of yarn. She realized she only has 2 2/4 yard of yarn. When she goes to Michael's craft store, how much yarn does she need to ask the worker for?
3/4 yard of yarn needed
6 6/8 - 5 5/8 = ?
9/8 converted to mixed number is 1 and 1/8
1/5 - 1/5
0
show through a representation 4 1/5 - 2 1/5
2
Convert 2 3/5 to an improper fraction
13/5
Ms. Woodward loves German Chocolate cake. The cake recipe calls for 2 3/4 cups of sugar. Ms. Woodward wants to decompose this fraction so she sees how many fractions of sugar she needs. Please send help!
4/4, 4/4, 3/4
two full cups and then 3/4 of a cup
13 2/10- 12 3/10
9/10
2 5/7 - 1 2/7
1 3/7
represent through a bar model drawing the difference of 10 2/5 and 3 1/5
drawings should show a difference of 7 1/5
convert 18/5 to a mixed number
3 3/5
Ms. C asked Ms. Woodward for 2 1/2 pieces of chocolate. Ms. Woodward only had 1 piece of chocolate. How much more chocolate does she need to satisfy Ms. C's request?
1 1/2
DAILY DOUBLE: 3,794 / 2
If you get this wrong, you owe $2!
1,897
How many chickens does it make to drive a dog crazy?
i thought this was math class?
represent 4 2/5 + 3 5/5
picture should show 8 2/5
convert 7 5/8 into an improper fraction
61/8
Fatima uses 5 3/5 meter of string to tie her tomatoes to garden stakes. She uses 3 1/5 meters to tie her beans to her garden stakes. How many meters does Fatima use in all?
8 4/5
7 3/9 - 6 4/9
8/9
1/8 + 2/8 + 4/8 + 7/8
14/8
converted to mixed number
1 6/8
what is the purpose of a representation?
to represent the structure of a problem and show how it is solved. it serves as a visual.
change 317/5 into a mixed number
63 2/5
There are 550 students at Valley Christian School. This is one third the amount of students at Richville Community School. How many students attend Richville school?
550*3= 1,650
5 4/10- 2 5/10
29/10 answer to be converted to 2 9/10
create a problem where a student would run into a roadblock.
anything with the second numerator being higher than the first one.
if you could be the teacher for one day, what math would you teach?
answers vary
when do we convert a mixed number to an improper fraction?
we do this when we are not able to subtract a fraction. it can also be done with addition. further, when the denominators are not the same, we may need to do this (if we are adding two improper fractions)