Bumps on a Bridge

Act 1

1. How many bumps are on the entire bridge?

2. Write down a guess.

Act 2

3. What information would be useful to figure this out?

4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.

Act 3

Sequel

5. How many bumps would there be on a bridge that is 4,640 feet long?

6. How long would a bridge with 43 bumps be?

Standards

Common Core

• 5.NBT.B.6 - Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

TEKS

• 5.3(C) - Represent quotients of decimals to the hundredths, up to four-digit dividends and two-digit whole number divisors, using objects and pictorial models, including area models