standard_description: Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).
problem_activity: Problem 1
Jenny buys 2 feet of string. If this is one-third the amount she needs to make a bracelet, how many feet will she need?
a.   Draw a diagram to represent the problem.
b.   Write an expression to represent the problem.
c.   Find how many feet of string Jenny needs.
Problem 2
a.   Match each division expression (cut out from
Template: Fraction Division Sort
) with a situation (cut out from
Template: Fraction Division Sort
). Some expressions do not have a matching situation.
b.   Answer each question. Be prepared to share your reasoning.
Problem 3
a.   Write a story context that can be solved using the expression
$${2\div{1\over4}}$$
.
b.   Write a story context that can be solved using the expression
$${{1\over3}\div4}$$
.


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