Unit Fractions: Terminating, Repeating or Never-Ending?
Investigate patterns that emerge when unit fractions are converted into decimal form.
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Raising Salaries
How much was Sally earning 8 years ago?
Red and Green Marbles
What would you have to add to a package of marbles so that the ratio of red marbles to green marbles becomes 5 to 8?
Discounting Cars
Help a car dealer decide how much to mark down her old inventory.
Increasing Area
If the area of a rectangle increases how much does its length and width increase?
Bouncing Ball
Determine how high a ball rebounds with each bounce.
It’s On Lacey
How much lunch can Lacey afford?
Buying Ping Pong Balls
How many balls did Alice buy?
Predicting the Value of a House
How much will the Miller’s house be worth thirty years?
The Tortoise and the Hare
How long was the hare asleep if the tortoise wins the race?