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Example:
Problem/activity:
Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to create composite shapes and compose new shapes from composite shapes. For example, students may find that a rectangular prism can be made from four triangular prisms or from eight smaller cubes. Students then discover that they can combine two of the composed rectangular prisms to make a new rectangular prism.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Geoblocks
Launch
Groups of 4
Give each group geoblocks.
Display a large cube.
“This cube can be built from other shapes. See how many ways you can build a cube using other shapes.”
3 minutes: partner work time
Share responses.
Activity
“Choose a different shape. Try to find smaller shapes you can use to build that shape.”
5 minutes: partner work time
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display a cube and a composite cube—for example, a cube composed of four small cubes and one rectangular prism.
Demonstrate putting the shapes together.
“What new shape did I make with the cube and the cube I made?”
“Put your shapes together to make a rectangular prism.”
Display a rectangular prism and two triangular prisms.
“Find these shapes. Put them together. What new shape can you make?” (a cube, a rectangular block)


Concept/skill: 
Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape. (Students do not need to learn formal names such as “right rectangular prism.”)

Answer: 
Yes. This activity asks students to compose three-dimensional shapes, using geoblocks, to create composite shapes.

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: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers. (Computations with rational numbers extend the rules for manipulating fractions to complex fractions.)
problem_activity: Problem 1
Solve the following problems. Think about the main differences between each one.
a.   A teacher has 21 batteries. Each calculator uses 4 batteries. How many calculators can the teacher fill with batteries?
b.   Four children can ride in a car. How many cars are needed to take 21 children to the museum?
c.   Ms. Cole wants to share 21 pieces of candy with 4 students. If Ms. Cole gets to eat the pieces of candy that can’t be split evenly, how many pieces of candy will Ms. Cole get?
Problem 2
a.   Mr. Janssen buys a plant at a gardening center. A flower blooms on the plant every seventh day. How many flowers are on his plant after 25 days?
b.   Sean is switching bedrooms with his brother and needs to pack 28 toys into small boxes. He packs 5 toys in each box. How many boxes does he need?
c.   It takes 8 cups of flour to make a cake. I have 35 cups of flour. If I make as many cakes as possible, how many cups of flour will I have left over? How many more cups of flour would I need to be able to make another cake?


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