T4T Gr 5 C3 Task- Knot Tying
This task is from Tools for NC Teachers. Candidates explore how to model and solve a task that involves two whole numbers with a fractional value. This is remixable.
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Mr. Clarke has a rope that is 11 inches long that he needs to cut into 6 equal parts to share with the 6 students in his after-school program for a knot-tying project. Draw a model to show how the rope can be equally shared.
What fraction of the rope will each student receive?
Write a sentence to explain
how you know that you are correct.