MODULE 3 LESSON 6.notebook
December 21, 2016
Wednesday, 12/21/16
Module 3/lesson 6
Rational numbers on the number line
QUESTIONS:
THE MALE ELEPHANT AT THE ZOO WEIGHS ABOUT 7 TONS. HOW MANY POUNDS DOES THAT ELEPHANT WEIGH? (HINT: 1 TON EQUALS 2000 POUNDS)
WHEN THE SWIMMERS FIRST ARRIVED AT THE POOL, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER WAS ONLY 72.5 DEGREES. BY THE TIME THE FIRST RACE STARTED, THE TEMPERATURE HAD GONE UP 5.6 DEGREES. WHAT WAS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER WHEN THE FIRST RACE STARTED?
Rational number ­ is a real number than can be writen as a simple fraction (ratio in the form a/b, but b is not equal to zero.)
examples: .46 5/8 ­9 3.33 25 and 10%
OPENING EXERCISE:
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