few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Task
Cruz and Erica were both getting ready for soccer.
Cruz ran 1 lap around the school.
Erica ran 3 laps around the playground.
Erica said,
I ran more laps, so I ran farther.
Cruz said,
4 laps around the school is 1 mile, but it takes 12 laps around the playground to go 1 mile. My laps are much longer, so I ran farther.
Who is right? Draw a picture to help you explain your answer.


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
B. Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
C. Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
D. Develop Understanding of fractions as numbers.
Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
E. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
F. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.


Your response:
Thought: In this problem, students learn to recognize equivalent fractions. That is, three laps around the playground is 3/12 mile, which is equivalent to 1/4, which is one lap around the school.
Answer: B

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000.

Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic. (A range of algorithms may be used.)

Extend the counting sequence.

Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000.

Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.

Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.

Work with numbers 11–19 to gain foundations for place value.

Understand place value.

Understand the place value system.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to produce written numbers for a given quantity represented in different ways. Some representations show the tens on the left and others show the ones on the left. Students must attend to the units in each representation and the meaning of the digits in a two-digit number, rather than always writing the number they see on the left in a representation in the tens place and the number they see on the right in a representation in the ones place (MP6).
Engagement: Develop Effort and Persistence.
Chunk this task into more manageable parts. Check in with students to provide feedback and encouragement after each chunk.
Supports accessibility for: Attention, Social-Emotional Functioning
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Connecting cubes in towers of 10 and singles
Launch
Groups of 2
Give students access to connecting cubes in towers of 10 and singles.
Activity
Read the task statement.
“You will work on your own to start. When you and your partner are finished, compare your work.”
5 minutes: independent think time
3 minutes: partner discussion
Student Facing
Write the number that matches each representation.
1 ten 4 ones
Number: ____________
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Number: ____________
9 tens
Number: ____________
\(20 + 5\)
Number: ____________
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Number: ____________
\(7 + 40\)
Number: ____________
2 ones 8 tens
Number: ____________
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Number: ____________
\(1 + 40\)
Number: ____________
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Number: ____________
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Invite students to share the two-digit number that matches each representation and explain how it matches.


correct_option_index: 2