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Reversing the Question

By Fawn | Published: March 4, 2015

Don Steward posted this on Sunday. Like Don, I really like this task and also think it has a certain Malcolm Swan je ne sais quoi about it. I showed only the top part to my 6th graders, and I gave them 2 minutes to write down what they notice. In addition to noticing the given information, the students also mentioned: […]

Posted in Course 1 (6th Grade Math), Math 8 | Also tagged division, Don Steward, number sense, rates, ratios, unit sense | 16 Responses

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