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Math class work: Sam & Jenny’s Dilemma
Sam and Jenny were working on their math homework together. They disagreed on one of the
questions. Sam argued that
7
12
could also be shown as the equivalent fraction
10
15 .
Jenny knew
this wasn’t correct, so she wanted to EXPLAIN to Sam how he could correctly solve this problem.
Write a paragraph from Jenny’s point of view. Explain to Sam how to find an equivalent fraction to
7
12 .
WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES (with correct capitalization and punctuation). Also, draw a picture
in the box below that shows how you found a different answer from Sam.