Whichever option you choose, justify your reasoning with mathematics.
h/t @jenniferklawler
An alternate wording was provided by Bruce Grip, and I’m liking it a lot:
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So if I weigh 100 lbs, does that mean I get 100 pennies or 100 lbs of pennies? In other words to I get a coin per unit of measurement or coin equal to the total measurement?
Julia,
If you weigh 100 pounds, you would receive 100 pounds worth of pennies.
Does that help?
Yes, thank you, I wanted to clarify before I presented this one to my 5th graders.
Now, I have to tell you, I would leave it ambiguous, see if they get stuck on the wording, and have a conversation about it. But I’ll let you roll with the prompt however you see fit. Let me know how it goes!
How do I cite these activities?
K,
Thank you for asking. Linking the website is fine with me. If you are posting it online, please cite @jstevens009
Since I posed this to my 6th graders this week it has taken off in the math and science departments. My 6th graders calculated their weight in pennies and height in quarters to see if they were right, one of them was shocked to find at her present height and weight it didn’t matter! Great question!!