Give One, Take a Lot More: Using Benchmark Fractions or Estimating Them

Posted on April 16, 2008. Filed under: original problems | Tags: benchmark, estimating fractions, estimation, flags, fractions, give, give and take, take |

Create one example of using benchmarks or estimation and fractions (see Example 8-9 on page 186 in the Burris text) that you could use in your classroom. Don’t have your book handy? No problem! Here’s Example 8-9:
Class, we have been studying different countries. Look at the flags that we have hanging [...]