Dividing a Cake
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This problem provides students practice in fractions (tenths) and challenges students' addition and subtraction skills. Students are given a cake with the numbers zero to nine on it. They are asked to cut the cake into three pieces with three cuts so that the numbers on each piece add to the same total. The Teachers' Notes page offers rationale, discussion questions, ideas for extension and support, and a printable (pdf) worksheet of the problem.
Subjects:
- Mathematics > General
- Education > General
Education Levels:
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
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Grade 3,Make use of structure,NSDL,Grade 4,Grade 5,Addition,Visual representation,Reason quantitatively,Number concepts,Social Sciences,Arithmetic,Analyze and persevere,Fractions,Division,Number and operations,Upper Elementary,Critical thinking,Subtraction,oai:nsdl.org:2200/20140728161140762T,Informal Education,Whole numbers,NSDL_SetSpec_ncs-NSDL-COLLECTION-000-003-112-027,Practice Standards,Elementary School,Strategies,Operations,Mental calculation,Mathematics,Connections,Engineering,Problem solving,Process skills,Education,Reasoning,RepresentationLanguage:
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NoneThis problem provides students practice in fractions (tenths) and challenges students' addition and subtraction skills. Students are given a cake with the numbers zero to nine on it. They are asked to cut the cake into three pieces with three cuts so that the numbers on each piece add to the same total. The Teachers' Notes page offers rationale, discussion questions, ideas for extension and support, and a printable (pdf) worksheet of the problem.
