Filling the Pool Students determine how long it takes to fill a pool that fills at a certain rate. Given a birthday cake made of 3 different flavors in 3 different fractional amounts, students design possible birthday cakes that meet the criteria. Given the dimension of a kitchen floor and the dimension of tiles, students determine the number of tiles needed to cover the kitchen floor. Given an amount of building material, students determine the different size sandboxes that can be made. A008 Grandfather Tang Students recreate animal shapes using Tangrams from the Grandfather Tang story, and find their relative areas.
Students determine the number of squares on a checkerboard.
A021 Bulletin Board Border Students find the number of shapes needed to decorate the perimeter of a bulletin board. Three decks of various sizes need to be shoveled. The work is shared by 6 shovelers. Students decide how the work and pay can be fairly shared. Given the decimal lengths of the first three xylophone keys, students determine the lengths of a keys and the number of 1-yard strips needed to build a xylophone.