Question

More 5th grade math questions.

Answer 1

What! Only one answer? :)

Answer 2

Yup! :)

Answer 3

Looking at these "word" equations:

what do you think about

"the number 3 is 4 times the size of 3/4"

4 * 3/4 = 3 is true.

Answer 4

Something like 3/4 is 1/3 the size of 4

means to me to multiply 1/3 times 4 and see if the product is 3/4. It is not.

Answer 5

@Ms-Brains What do you think is the intended answer?

Answer 6

Ah.. I'm thinking D...?

Answer 7

@Lily2913 Post what you think, okay? Cooperative learning can be fun.

Answer 8

I don't think lily is going to respond..

Answer 9

I looked at D) 3/4 is 1/4 the size of 4.

But, 1/4 * 4 = 1; not 3/4

Answer 10

Ergo, I voted "no" on option D.

Answer 11

>I don't think lily is going to respond..
She may be thinking.

Answer 12

If everyone has weighed in, I am voting for option B for reasons cited earlier in the thread.

Answer 13

alright. I agree

Answer 14

B seems to work.

Answer 15

I got a few more questions

Answer 16

If I had written the options, I would have put this among the options to be the correct one:

3/4 is 1/4 of 3. That makes sense to me.

Answer 17

@Lily2913 Do you want to go first with your thoughts on this?

Answer 18

No, I'm leaving the floor to you. :)

Answer 19

At first, I thought 7/5 but then thought no way the person could have more rose bushes than gallons of water and have each bush get 1 2/5 gallons.

Answer 20

Then, decided 5 gallons for 7 bushes would be 5/7 gallon per bush.
(assuming each bush receives an equal amount of water).

@Lily2913 @Ms-Brains What do you two think about 5/7 gallon per bush?

Answer 21

I got no idea guys..

Answer 22

Seems more likely that you would split the 5gal of water among the 7 flowers, rather than the 7 flowers over the 5 gallons :)

Answer 23

What do you think @Ms-Brains ?

Answer 24

We could split the the 7 lilies over the 5 gallons :)

Answer 25

I'm thinking @Directrix is correct.. but idk

Answer 26

You could, but that just does not sound right to me.

Answer 27

5 gallons of water, 7 rose bushes. No way a bush could even get 1 gallon of water.

5/7 gallons of water per bush, I say.

Answer 28

I concur with @Directrix

Answer 29

I'm going to post a new one