Math is Exploring and Thinking
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Objectives / Objetivos
Content Objective: I can make sense of a problem, plan a strategy, and use fractions of a whole number to compare quantities.
Language Objective: I can explain my plan using the words we know, we don't know, and my strategy is ___ .
Key Idea / Idea clave
Math Practices: Sense Making & Strategy Planning. 1. Identify known quantities and the unknown question. 2. Choose a strategy (draw a model, write an equation, or build a table). 3. Evaluate progress and pivot to an alternate approach if needed
Vocabulary / Vocabulario
| Term / Término | Definition / Definición |
|---|---|
| quantity cantidad | An amount in a problem — a number with a meaning attached, like 540 meters. Una cantidad en un problema: un número con un significado, como 540 metros. |
| relationship relación | How two quantities compare or connect to each other. Cómo se comparan o se conectan dos cantidades entre sí. |
| strategy estrategia | A plan for how to solve a problem before you start computing. Un plan para resolver un problema antes de empezar a calcular. |
| reasonable razonable | A solution that makes sense in the context of the problem. Una solución que tiene sentido en el contexto del problema. |
| persevere perseverar | To keep working on a problem, checking your progress and adjusting your plan when you get stuck. Seguir trabajando en un problema, revisando tu progreso y ajustando tu plan cuando te atascas. |
Practice Preview / Vista previa de práctica
Read each task. Show your work in the spaces provided and explain how you know.
1. Which of these is a correct way to decompose 105.76?
- A 10 + 5.76
- B 100 + 5.76
- C 100 + 5.076
- D 105 + 7.6
Answer:
2. The Rio de Janeiro building will be 9/10 as tall as One World Trade Center (540 meters). How tall will it be?
- A 54 meters
- B 486 meters
- C 594 meters
- D 4,860 meters
Answer:
3. The Tokyo building will be 6/5 as tall as One World Trade Center (540 meters). How tall will it be?
- A 108 meters
- B 432 meters
- C 450 meters
- D 648 meters
Answer:
4. Which set shows FIVE different correct decompositions of 105.76?
- A 100 + 5.76, 105 + 0.76, 110 − 4.24, 52.88 × 2, 211.52 ÷ 2
- B 100 + 5.76, 105 + 7.6, 110 − 4.24, 52.88 × 2, 211.52 ÷ 2
- C 100 + 5.76, 105 + 0.76, 110 + 4.24, 52.88 × 2, 211.52 ÷ 2
- D 100 + 5.76, 105 + 0.76, 110 − 4.24, 52.88 × 3, 211.52 ÷ 2
Answer:
Reflection / Reflexión
One thing I learned today / Una cosa que aprendí hoy: