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Give An Example of Each of The Three Types of Models of Fractions and Show The Same Fraction For Each Model
Give An Example of Each of The Three Types of Models of Fractions and Show The Same Fraction For Each Model
each model.
2.2 #1,2,14
1. Michael doesn’t understand and needs to know that the whole amount can be made up
of a collection of objects. The collection of dark marbles is indeed less than the entire
collection of marbles and in that sense, they can represent a number that is less than 1.
As Michael does not recognize that since there are three rows, we can group them
together a call each row 1/3 of the total amount of marbles and since 5 dark marbles is
in 1 row and that row is 1/3 shows that its less than the whole group.
2. For Jean to say that 3 is 2/3 is a whole is wrong because 2/3 means two-third of 1. In this
problem the 3 means the whole has been divided into three parts that are equal in
some way. By 2/3 being by itself is implied to mean 2/3 of a unit or 1. Saying 3 is the
whole can be misleading because one may assume then that you are asking 2/3 of 3.
This can lead to confusion when the whole is defined instead of implied. Like in a
situation if you ask for 2/3 of 5, saying 3 is the whole would confuse the kid.
14. Explain why this location fits with our definition of fraction
You divide each 1-unit segment into 3 equal parts. So, the distance between the tick marks
is 1/3 of the unit. Then 5/3 is the firth tick mark to the right of zero.
0 1 5/3 2