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A Golden Crown? This task uses ratios and proportional relationships to determine if the King's crown is made of solid gold. This task includes: |
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A Pound of Valentine’s Chocolates In A Pound of Valentine’s Chocolates, students are asked to find how long a one pound box of chocolates should last if Isolde eats it alone. The key concepts are fractions and proportional reasoning. This task includes:
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Sale! In this task, students must examine four sale ofers and calculate which offers the largest and smallest price reduction. This task includes: |
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Security Camera This task requires students to determine the most optimal security camera placement in a store to prevent shoplifting and provides a diagram with people throughout the store in order to give a quantatative visual. This task includes: |
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T-shirt Sale In this task, students must determine price savings from a sale. This task includes: |
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