Sport’s Day Snacks
Overview:
Students will be asked to solve some constructed response
questions involving division of unit fractions and whole
numbers. Students will also write a letter that explains
mathematically why one sugar substitute is more economical
than the other.
Fred and his family are in charge of bringing the snacks
to the next Sports Day, so he decides to bake cookies. It
takes 13 of a cup of sugar to make one batch of chocolate
cookies.
1. When Fred looked in his kitchen cabinet he saw he had 5 cups of
sugar. How many whole batches of cookies can he make with 5 cups of
sugar? Show your work.
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MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASKS 69 Christie Wainwright