few_shots: Example 1:
Problem/activity:
You’re mixing ingredients for cookies. The recipe says to combine 6 tablespoons, or ¾ stick, of butter with 1 cup of sugar. You accidentally mix in a whole stick of butter (8 tablespoons) with the cup of sugar. How can you fix this?


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
B. Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.


Your response, in json format:
{
  "explanation": "This problem focuses on the ratio between two ingredients. Students do not have to analyze proportional relationships in-depth, which is reserved for a higher grade level, but rather use ratios to find missing values.",
  "answer": "B"
}

Example 2:
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
$$-\frac{1}{4}$$


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
B. Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems.
C. Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
D. Represent complex numbers and their operations on the complex plane.
E. Perform arithmetic operations with complex numbers.
F. Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
G. Represent and model with vector quantities.
H. Perform operations on vectors.
I. Use properties of rational and irrational numbers.
J. Use complex numbers in polynomial identities and equations.
K. Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents.
L. Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
M. Perform operations on matrices and use matrices in applications.
N. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.


Your response, in json format:
{
  "explanation": "This problem involves understanding fractions, multiplication, and division.",
  "answer": "A"
}

Example 3:
Problem/activity:
Problem 1
The table below contains single equations in a single variable, single equations in two variables, and pairs of simultaneous equations in two variables. Check the appropriate box to show whether there is no solution, exactly 1 solution, or if there is an infinite number of solutions.
|                                                          | **           No solution          ** | **           Exactly 1 solution          ** | **           Infinite number of solutions          ** |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|                       $${9=4x+7}$$                       |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                       $${y=3y+5}$$                       |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                    $${y={x\over2}}$$                     |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|                     $${3x+6y-9=0}$$                      |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
|    $${x=y}$$                        $${1.25x=1.25y}$$    |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
| $${9.9=6x+8y}$$                        $${9x=2.5y-8.8}$$ |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
| $${11x-2y=1.5}$$                        $${11x-2y=2.5}$$ |                                      |                                             |                                                       |
Problem 2
Kim has a small container and a large container as shown.
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It takes 16 of the small containers to fill the large container. Three small containers leave 1.95 gallons of space in the big container.
What is the size of each of the two containers?


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
B. Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
C. Interpret the structure of expressions.
D. Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.
E. Use polynomial identities to solve problems.
F. Understand the relationship between zeros and factors of polynomials.
G. Write and interpret numerical expressions.
H. Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.
I. Perform arithmetic operations on polynomials.
J. Create equations that describe numbers or relationships
K. Generate and analyze patterns.
L. Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
M. Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning.
N. Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
O. Rewrite rational expressions.
P. Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
Q. Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
R. Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
S. Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
T. Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
U. Multiply and divide within 100.
V. Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
W. Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
X. Work with addition and subtraction equations.
Y. Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
Z. Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
AA. Solve equations and inequalities in one variable.
AB. Solve systems of equations.
AC. Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
AD. Work with radicals and integer exponents.
AE. Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically.
AF. Analyze patterns and relationships.
AG. Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
AH. Add and subtract within 20.


Your response, in json format:
{
  "explanation": "This set of problems involves solving linear equations and pairs of linear equations.",
  "answer": "L"
}

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Calculate expected values and use them to solve problems.

Understand independence and conditional probability and use them to interpret data.

Develop understanding of statistical variability.

Interpret linear models.

Draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.

Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.

Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measurement variable.

Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.

Make inferences and justify conclusions from sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies.

Use probability to evaluate outcomes of decisions.

Understand and evaluate random processes underlying statistical experiments.

Summarize and describe distributions.

Use the rules of probability to compute probabilities of compound events in a uniform probability model.

Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables.

Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.
problem_activity: Activity
In the previous activity, students noticed trends in the data from the scatter plot. In this activity, the association is made more precise by looking at equations and graphs of linear models for the data to determine the slope. The numerical value of the slope is then interpreted in the context of the problem (MP2).
Launch
Remind students that earlier we looked at the price and mileage of some used cars. We saw that for these used cars, the price tends to decrease as the mileage increases. Display the scatter plot and linear model for the data.
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Tell students that an equation for the line is
\(y=\text-0.073x+17,\!404.485\)
. From the equation we can identify the slope of the line as -0.073. Ask students to think about what that slope tells us and give quiet think time. Select 1–2 students to share their thinking. (It means that for every increase of one mile, the model predicts that the price of the car will decrease by
$
0.073.) Tell students that in this activity they will determine what the slope of the model means for three different sets of data.
Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions.
Chunk this task into more manageable parts to support students who benefit from support with organization and problem solving. For example, present only one scatter plot at a time.
Supports accessibility for: Organization; Attention
Speaking, Writing: MLR8 Discussion Supports.
Provide a sentence frame to scaffold students’ language when describing the meaning of slope in each representation. For example, “If the _________ increases by 1 _________ , the model predicts that ___________ (increases/decreases) by ___________ .”
Design Principle: Maximize meta-awareness; Optimize output (for explanation)
Student Facing
For each of the situations, a linear model for some data is shown.
What is the slope of the line in the scatter plot for each situation?
What is the meaning of the slope in that situation?
\(y=5,\!520.619x-1,\!091.393\)
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\(y=\text-0.011x+40.604\)
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\(y=0.59x-21.912\)
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Student Facing
Are you ready for more?
The scatter plot shows the weight and fuel efficiency data used in an earlier lesson along with a linear model represented by the equation
\(y = \text-0.0114 x +41.3021\)
.
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What is the value of the slope and what does it mean in this context?
What does the other number in the equation represent on the graph? What does it mean in context?
Use the equation to predict the fuel efficiency of a car that weighs 100 kilograms.
Use the equation to predict the weight of a car that has a fuel efficiency of 22 mpg.
Which of these two predictions probably fits reality better? Explain.
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
The purpose of this discussion is to develop a quantitative sense of trends based on linear models of the data.
Consider asking some of the following questions:
“What was the easiest way to find the slope for each situation?” (The coefficient of the
\(x\)
-coordinate in the equation.)
“Do the answers for the meaning of the slopes make sense in the contexts of the problem?” (Yes. Diamonds are usually expensive, so a 1 carat increase is likely to cost a lot more. A 1 kilogram difference in the weight of a car is not very much, so it may lower the gas mileage, but not by much. A 1 degree temperature increase is not significant, so it should not need a lot more energy to cool off a building, but some would be needed.)
“What is the difference between a positive slope and negative slope in your interpretations?” (A positive slope means both variables increase together. A negative slope means that when one variable increases, the other decreases.)
“The model for energy consumption and temperature predicted a 0.59 kilowatt hour increase in energy consumption for every 1 degree increase in temperature. Estimate how much the temperature would need to increase to raise energy consumption by 6 kilowatt hours.” (A little more than 10 degrees.)


correct_option_index: 5