Sunday, June 20, 2010
Writing Word Problem
I started thinking about a few things while I was writing the math problems this weekend. First, can you use the word divide in a problem. I know most times I hear if each person were to get the same number, or share equally, or got as many as her classmates, or give each the same, etc. It's very naturally for me to say divide among, divide between. Although then I am assuming that thhe stduent knows that divide is equal. I guess with more practice writing word problems it will be more natural to say share equally or give each the same.
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You often need to include something about sharing equally or having everyone get the same amount. Otherwise, if you have 3 kids share 9 objects, a correct answer could be 1 kid gets 6, another kid gets 2, and the last kid gets 1. They're still sharing- it's just not fair.
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