standard_description: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
problem_activity: Task
Dennis and Cody are building a castle out of plastic building blocks. They will need $2\frac12$ buckets of blocks for the castle they have in mind. Dennis used to have two full buckets of blocks but lost some and now has $1\frac34$ buckets. Cody used to have two full buckets of blocks too, but now has $1\frac14$ buckets. If Dennis and Cody combine their buckets of blocks, will they have enough to build their castle?


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