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: Reason with shapes and their attributes.

Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.

Apply trigonometry to general triangles.

Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles.

Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems.

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

Make geometric constructions.

Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.

Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.

Understand and apply theorems about circles.

Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions.

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.

Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.

Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).

Experiment with transformations in the plane.

Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.

Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.

Prove theorems involving similarity.

Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.

Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.

Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section.

Prove geometric theorems.

Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.

Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations.

Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically.

Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.

Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
problem_activity: Optional activity
This challenging activity examines how measurement errors behave when 3 quantities are multiplied (versus 2 quantities in the previous activity). In other words, if I have measurements
\(a\)
,
\(b\)
, and
\(c\)
each with a maximum error of 5%, what percent error can
\(a \boldcdot b \boldcdot c\)
have? The arithmetic and algebraic demands of this task are high because students take a product of
three
quantities that each have a maximum percent error of 5%.
Launch
Arrange students in groups of 2. Provide access to calculators. Make sure students realize that the first question gives the measured values, not the actual values, for each dimension.
Give students 10 minutes to discuss with their partners, followed by whole-class discussion.
Conversing: MLR8 Discussion Supports.
Before students determine the maximum measurement error for the volume of a prism, invite pairs to make a prediction and justification. Use a sentence frame such as: “In a prism, if each dimension has a 5% maximum measurement error, we predict the volume’s maximum percentage error is ___ because….”. This will help students use the mathematical language of justifications to begin reasoning about the measurement error for volume.
Design Principle(s): Cultivate conversation; Support sense-making
Student Facing
The length, width, and height of a rectangular prism were measured to be 10 cm, 12 cm, and 25 cm. Assuming that these measurements are accurate to the nearest cm, what is the largest percent error possible for:
each of the dimensions?
the volume of the prism?
If the length, width, and height of a right rectangular prism have a maximum percent error of 1%, what is the largest percent error possible for the volume of the prism?
Student Response
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Anticipated Misconceptions
Students may think that the maximum error possible for the volume is 1% because the length, width, and height are within 1% of the actual values. Encourage these students to make calculations of the biggest and smallest possible length, width, and height. Then ask them to make calculations for the biggest and smallest possible volumes.
Activity Synthesis
Some discussion points include:
The first problem gives measurements and errors (but no percent error), while the second problem gives no measurements but does give the percent error. This makes the calculations notably different for the two problems.
In the first problem, we are given measurements and the possible size of error. We need to find the greatest percent error and, as we have seen in other cases, this happens for the smallest possible value of the measurement. If we were to find the percent error of each measurement, we would find that the error for the volume is a
larger
percent error than for any of the individual measurements.
In the second problem, we are given the maximum possible percent error but no measurements, and we need to find the largest possible error for the volume, that is, for the product of the three unknown measurements. The greatest percent error possible for the volume occurs when the measured value is as large as possible.
A unifying feature in these two problems is that we notice that the largest percent error occurs when the actual measurements are
smaller
than the measured values, as much smaller as possible.
Representation: Internalize Comprehension.
Use color and annotations to illustrate connections between representations. As students share their diagrams and reasoning, use color and annotations to scribe their thinking on a display of each problem so that it is visible for all students.
Supports accessibility for: Visual-spatial processing; Conceptual processing


correct_option_index: 8