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

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

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: Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to choose from activities that offer practice adding and subtracting within 10. Students choose from any stage of previously introduced centers.
Shake and Spill
Compare
Number Puzzles
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials from previous centers
Required Preparation
Gather materials from previous centers:
Shake and Spill, Stages 3–5
Compare, Stage 1
Number Puzzles, Stages 1 and 2
Launch
Groups of 2
“Now you are going to choose from centers we have already learned.”
Display the center choices in the student book.
“Think about what you would like to do.”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Activity
Invite students to work at the center of their choice.
10 minutes: center work time
Student Facing
Choose a center.
Shake and Spill
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Compare
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Number Puzzles
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Activity Synthesis
Display nine red counters and cover five yellow counters with a cup.
“We are playing with 14 counters. How many yellow counters are under the cup? How do you know?”


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