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Example 1:
Problem/activity:
You’re mixing ingredients for cookies. The recipe says to combine 6 tablespoons, or ¾ stick, of butter with 1 cup of sugar. You accidentally mix in a whole stick of butter (8 tablespoons) with the cup of sugar. How can you fix this?


Concept/skill: 
Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.

Answer: 
Yes. This problem solves a real-world problem involving mixing ingredients for cookies. A student doing this problem would need to reason about equivalent ratios of butter amounts to sugar amounts.

Example 2:
Problem/activity:
For each pair of numbers, determine if the values are equivalent. Explain your reasoning for each one.
a.
$$-0.25$$
and
$$\frac{1}{-4}$$
b.
$$-\left ( \frac{1}{4} \right )$$
and
$$\frac{-1}{-4}$$
c.
$$\frac{-1}{4}$$
and
$$-\frac{1}{4}$$


Concept/skill: 
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.

Answer: 
No. The expressions shown in this problem do not involve multiplying fractions with other fractions, nor whole numbers with fractions.

Example 3:
Problem/activity:
Problem 1
The table below contains single equations in a single variable, single equations in two variables, and pairs of simultaneous equations in two variables. Check the appropriate box to show whether there is no solution, exactly 1 solution, or if there is an infinite number of solutions.
|                                                          | **           No solution          ** | **           Exactly 1 solution          ** | **           Infinite number of solutions          ** |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|                       $${9=4x+7}$$                       |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                       $${y=3y+5}$$                       |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                    $${y={x\over2}}$$                     |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                     $${3x+6y-9=0}$$                      |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|    $${x=y}$$                        $${1.25x=1.25y}$$    |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
| $${9.9=6x+8y}$$                        $${9x=2.5y-8.8}$$ |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
| $${11x-2y=1.5}$$                        $${11x-2y=2.5}$$ |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
Problem 2
Kim has a small container and a large container as shown.
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It takes 16 of the small containers to fill the large container. Three small containers leave 1.95 gallons of space in the big container.
What is the size of each of the two containers?


Concept/skill: 
Prove that, given a system of two equations in two variables, replacing one equation by the sum of that equation and a multiple of the other produces a system with the same solutions.

Answer: 
No. Completing neither of these problems requires replacing one equation by the sum of that equation and a multiple of the other equation.

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: Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to practice interpreting relationships between patterns generated from two different rules. Students may need to generate patterns beyond the boxes provided. Encourage them to continue the pattern as needed. Students may describe the patterns and relationships in different, but accurate ways. Encourage them to notice as many relationships as they can and describe the relationships in whatever way makes sense to them. This is the first time students see two patterns where the numbers in one pattern are not multiples of the numbers in the other pattern.
This activity uses
MLR7 Compare and Connect
. Advances: Representing, Conversing.
Launch
Groups of 2
Activity
5 minutes: independent work time
2 minutes: partner discussion
MLR7 Compare and Connect
“Create a visual display that shows your thinking about the relationships between each set of patterns. Include details such as notes, diagrams, and drawings to help others understand your thinking.”
2–5 minutes: independent or group work
3–5 minutes: gallery walk
Student Facing
Complete the patterns for each set of rules.
What are some relationships between the patterns for each set of rules? Be prepared to explain your thinking.
Set A
Rule 1: Start at 0. Keep adding 3.
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Rule 2: Start at 0. Keep adding 6.
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Set B
Rule 1: Start at 4. Keep adding 3.
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Rule 2: Start at 9. Keep adding 6.
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Set C
Rule 1: Start at 0. Keep adding 5.
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Rule 2: Start at 0. Keep adding 3.
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Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
“What is the same and what is different in the way we represented the relationships between the patterns?” (Some of us used numbers and symbols, some of us wrote sentences.)
30 seconds: quiet think time
1 minute: partner discussion
“What is the same and what is different about Set A and Set B?” (They both add the same amount, but one set starts at 0. Set B has a lot more odd numbers in it. In set A, each number in rule 2 is double the number in rule 1, but in set B, each number in rule 2 is 1 more than double the number in rule 1.)
“For which pair of rules was it most challenging to notice and describe relationships?” (Set B because there was no multiple that worked to get from one pattern to the other. Set C because there weren’t doubles or halves.)


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