Emmett asks...

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Today Emmett asked me "How many thirds does it take to make a half? It's ok if the answer has a fraction in it."

We walked (verbally) through how to answer the question - he seemed to follow it. I thought it was fun because one of the most commonly asked questions on a math e-mail list I read is how to create real-world problems that involve division with a fraction. When I asked him, he said he asked because he was thinking about our slide - it has two bumps that divide it into three equal sections, and he was sitting half-way up.

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