few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Stage 1: Money
Required Preparation
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Would You Rather Stage 1 Spinner
Would You Rather Stage 1 Recording Sheet

Narrative
The first partner spins to get a group of coins. They write a question that compares the amount they spun to a different group of coins that they make up.


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
B. Represent and interpret data.
C. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
D. Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
E. Describe and compare measurable attributes.
F. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
G. Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
H. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
I. Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
J. Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
K. Tell and write time.
L. Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
M. Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
N. Work with time and money.
O. Relate addition and subtraction to length.


Your response:
Thought: In this problem, students work with money in the form of coins.
Answer: N

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents.

Use complex numbers in polynomial identities and equations.

Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems.

Use properties of rational and irrational numbers.

Represent and model with vector quantities.

Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

Perform operations on matrices and use matrices in applications.

Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.

Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.

Perform operations on vectors.

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.

Perform arithmetic operations with complex numbers.

Represent complex numbers and their operations on the complex plane.
problem_activity: Activity
In previous activities and lessons, students found the exact area of a square in order to find an approximation for the square root of an integer. In this activity, students start with a square root of an integer, and draw a square to verify that a given approximation of the square root is reasonable. This is the first time students have seen or drawn squares that do not have vertices at the intersection of grid lines, so it may take them a few minutes to make sense of the new orientation.
Teacher Notes for IM 6–8 Math Accelerated
After arranging students in groups of 2, display for all to see
\(\sqrt{7}\)
and
\(\sqrt{50}\)
and ask, “What two whole numbers does each square root lie between? Be prepared to explain your reasoning.” After a brief quiet think time, invite students to share their reasoning. For example, students may make a list of perfect squares and then find which two the number was between. Once 2–3 strategies are shared, have students continue with the activity as indicated in the launch.
Launch
Give students access to four-function calculators. Display the diagram for all to see. Ask students what is the same and what is different about this diagram and diagrams they have seen in earlier activities. Arrange students in groups of 2. Give students 2–3 minutes of quiet work time followed by partner and whole-class discussions.
Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions.
Provide students with a graphic organizer for data collection and organizing information.
Supports accessibility for: Language; Organization
Writing, Speaking, Listening: MLR1 Stronger and Clearer Each Time.
After students have had time to identify a point on the number line that is closer to
\(\sqrt{3}\)
, ask them to write a brief explanation of their reasoning. Give students time to meet with 2–3 partners, to share and get feedback on their writing. Display prompts that students can ask each other that will help students strengthen their ideas and clarify their language. For example, “How do you know that
\(\sqrt{3}\)
is between 1.5 and 2?” and “How did you determine the area of the square that you drew?” Students can borrow ideas and language from each partner to refine and clarify their original explanation. This will help students refine both their ideas and their verbal and written output.
Design Principles(s): Optimize output (for explanation); Maximize meta-awareness
Student Facing
Diego said that he thinks that
\(\sqrt{3}\approx 2.5\)
.
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Use the square to explain why 2.5 is not a very good approximation for
\(\sqrt{3}\)
. Find a point on the number line that is closer to
\(\sqrt{3}\)
. Draw a new square on the axes and use it to explain how you know the point you plotted is a good approximation for
\(\sqrt{3}\)
.
Use the fact that
\(\sqrt{3}\)
is a solution to the equation
\(x^2 = 3\)
to find a decimal approximation of
\(\sqrt{3}\)
whose square is between 2.9 and 3.1.
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Student Facing
Are you ready for more?
A farmer has a grassy patch of land enclosed by a fence in the shape of a square with a side length of 4 meters. To make it a suitable home for some animals, the farmer would like to carve out a smaller square to be filled with water, as in the figure.
What should the side length of the smaller square be so that half of the area is grass and half is water?
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Activity Synthesis
Invite one or two students to share their squares. Then tell students, “The square of a point on the number line can be visualized as the area of a literal square. This can help us estimate the value of a square root. Simply squaring the number can as well. Let’s check the squares of some numbers that are potential approximations of
\(\sqrt{3}\)
.”
Then ask students to suggest decimal approximations, and check together as a class by finding their squares. Students should be using each guess to make a better guess next. For example, if they try 1.5, then the square is 2.25, which is too low. This suggests trying bigger. Because we know that 2 is too big (because
\(2^2 = 4\)
, it should be somewhere in between 1.5 and 2.) For example, students might suggest this order:
\(1^2 = 1\)
and
\(2^2=4\)
\(1.5^2 = 2.25\)
\(1.8^2 = 3.24\)
\(1.7^2 = 2.89\)
\(1.72^2 = 2.9584\)
\(1.73^2 = 2.9929\)
So 1.73 is a pretty good approximation of
\(\sqrt{3}\)
.


correct_option_index: 8