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Example:
Concept/skill: 
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers.

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
$$-\frac{1}{4}$$


Answer: 
Yes. This problem involves understanding fractions and division to divide rational numbers, such as 1, -4, 4, and -1. This problem also involves an understanding of multiplication: if p and q are integers, then -(p/q) = (-p)/q = p/(-q).

Now, determine whether the following problem or activity can enable students to understand the concepts or skills in the provided description.

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standard_description: Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000.
problem_activity: Problem 1
a.   Solve.
6 × 3 = _____
60 × 3 = _____
60 × 30 = _____
b.   What do you notice about Part (a)? What do you wonder?
Problem 2
a.   Kristen and Rajiv are finding the product 80 × 50. Kristen says to find 8 × 50, then multiply by 10. Rajiv says to find 80 × 5, then multiply by 10.
Will both Kristen and Rajiv’s methods give the correct product? Why?
Write expressions to represent Kristen and Rajiv’s methods.
b.   Find the product 80 × 50.
Problem 3
Estimate the following products.
a.   41 × 32
b.   57 × 45
c.   24 × 77


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