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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: 
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

Answer: 
No. This activity does not teach students area as an attribute of plane figures. Instead, the activity focuses on solid, three-dimensional figures.

Now, assess whether the following problem or activity is 'aligned' with the given Common Core standard in Mathematics.

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standard_description: Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.
problem_activity: Problem 1
a.   Solve.
10
$$\times$$
23 = ___________
10
$$\times$$
450 = ___________
10
$$\times$$
10,870  = ___________
b.   What do you notice about Part (a)? What do you wonder?
c.   Use your conclusions from Part (b) to find the solutions below.
___________
$$\times$$
10 = 5,090
60,200
$$\div$$
10 = ___________
___________
$$\div$$
10 = 3,050
20,008
$$\times$$
___________ = 200,080
Problem 2
There are about 39,000 fourth graders in Mississippi and about 390,000 fourth graders in Texas. There are about 3,900,000 fourth graders in the United States.
a.   How many times more fourth graders are there in Texas than in Mississippi? How many times more fourth graders are there in the United States than in Texas?
b.   There are about 3,900 fourth graders in Boston, MA. How many times more fourth graders are there in the United States than in Boston?


aligns: no