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On 23 Dec 2004, BFG wrote:
>I was thinking more about how you could show students this problem.
I

you have discussed all]]> Dec 26, 2004 5:28:00 AM Dec 26, 2004 5:28:00 AM Abdul hakeem majid 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=3683281&tstart=0#3683281
I was thinking more about how you could show students this problem. I
remembered an article in "Teaching Children Math" that used the]]> Dec 23, 2004 6:30:00 AM Dec 23, 2004 6:30:00 AM BFG 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=3683280&tstart=0#3683280
I think one way to help students get at this type of problem would be
to use pieces of string. The could set a total amount and then]]> Dec 19, 2004 6:03:00 PM Dec 19, 2004 6:03:00 PM BFG 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=3683278&tstart=0#3683278
On 17 Dec 2004, Amanda Larkin wrote:
>I teach sixth grade math and most of my kids did just fine with this
>problem once]]> Dec 17, 2004 6:52:00 PM Dec 17, 2004 6:52:00 PM Claire Mead 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=3683279&tstart=0#3683279
Both of the other responses give you excellent suggestions. I might
also add to pay close attention that the fractions refer to only]]> Dec 17, 2004 6:51:00 PM Dec 17, 2004 6:51:00 PM Gordon Bockus 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=3683277&tstart=0#3683277
I teach sixth grade math and most of my kids did just fine with this
problem once they realized that the premise was finding least]]> Dec 17, 2004 6:23:00 PM Dec 17, 2004 6:23:00 PM Amanda Larkin 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=3683276&tstart=0#3683276
On 17 Dec 2004, Lisa wrote:
>My class is having such a hard time with this problem. We are
>stumped! Can anyone give us]]> Dec 17, 2004 10:39:00 AM Dec 17, 2004 10:39:00 AM Claire Mead 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=3683275&tstart=0#3683275
My class is having such a hard time with this problem. We are
stumped! Can anyone give us some hints for solving this problem???]]> Dec 17, 2004 10:16:00 AM Dec 17, 2004 10:16:00 AM Lisa 7