Act 1
How many stories high was it? What fraction of Reunion Tower is that?
Write down a guess.
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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. What would happen if the crane was 250 feet tall?
6. What would happen if Reunion Tower was 800 feet tall?
Standards
Common Core
3.OA - Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
5.NF.B - Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division.
TEKS
3.4(K) - solve one-step and two-step problems involving multiplication and division within 100 using strategies based on objects; pictorial models, including arrays, area models, and equal groups; properties of operations; or recall of facts
5.3(J) - represent division of a unit fraction by a whole number and the division of a whole number by a unit fraction such as 1/3 ÷ 7 and 7 ÷ 1/3 using objects and pictorial models, including area models
Credits
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