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Example:
Problem/activity:
Task
Cruz and Erica were both getting ready for soccer.
Cruz ran 1 lap around the school.
Erica ran 3 laps around the playground.
Erica said,
I ran more laps, so I ran farther.
Cruz said,
4 laps around the school is 1 mile, but it takes 12 laps around the playground to go 1 mile. My laps are much longer, so I ran farther.
Who is right? Draw a picture to help you explain your answer.


Concept/skill: 
Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n × a)/(n × b) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.

Answer: 
Yes. This task asks students to compare two fractions that are equal. The students need to explain why the two fractions are equal by drawing a picture, which involves using visual fraction models.

Now, does the problem or activity shown below enable students to learn the full intent of the following concept or skill?

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standard_description: Use the relation i^(2) = –1 and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties to add, subtract, and multiply complex numbers.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this warm-up is for students to interpret and connect base-ten diagrams and equations and describe how they work. This will be useful when students choose their own representations and methods for subtraction during center activities. Although students may notice and wonder many things about these representations, connections to how the representations show subtracting tens from tens and ones from ones are the important discussion points. As they compare the representations, students develop their skill with place value and operation language  (MP6).
Launch
Groups of 2
Display the image.
“What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
1 minute: quiet think time
Activity
“Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
1 minute: partner discussion
Share and record responses.
Student Facing
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
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\(66 - 28 \)
\(66 = 50 + 16 \)
\(16 - 8 = 8 \)
\(50 - 20 = 30\)
\(30 + 8 = 38\)
\(66 - 28 = 38\)
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
“Both of these representations show ways to find the value of
\(66 - 28\)
. How are they the same? How are they different?” (Both show taking tens from tens and ones from ones. Both show decomposing a ten. One uses base-ten diagrams and one uses only numbers and equations.)


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