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1. Yasmine is having a birthday party with snacks and activities for her guests. At one table, five people are sharing three-quarters of a pizza. What equal-sized portion of the whole pizza will each of the five people receive?

a. Use a model (e.g., picture, number line, or manipulative materials) to represent the quotient.

b. Write a number sentence to represent the situation. Explain your reasoning.

c. If three-quarters of the pizza provided [pic] pieces to the table, how many pieces were in the pizza when it was full? Support your answer with models.

2. L.B. Johnson Middle School held a track and field event during the school year. Miguel took part in a four-person shot put team. Shot put is a track and field event where athletes throw (or “put”) a heavy sphere, called a “shot,” as far as possible. To determine a team score, the distances of all team members are added. The team with the greatest score wins first place. The current winning team’s final score at the shot put is [pic] ft. Miguel’s teammates threw the shot put the following distances: [pic] ft., [pic] ft., and [pic] ft. Exactly how many feet will Miguel need to throw the shot put in order to tie the current first place score?

3. The picture below is a flood gauge that is used to measure how far (in feet) a river’s water level is above or below its normal level.

a. Explain what the number [pic] on the gauge represents, and explain what the numbers above and below [pic] represent.

b. Describe what the picture indicates about the river’s current water level.

c. What number represents the opposite of the water level shown in the picture, and where is it located on the gauge? What would it mean if the river water was at that level?

d. If heavy rain is in the forecast for the area for the next [pic] hours, what reading might you expect to see on this gauge tomorrow? Explain your reasoning.

Yolanda is planning out her vegetable garden. She decides that her garden will be square. Below are possible sizes of the garden she will create.

a. Complete the table by continuing the pattern.

|Side length |[pic] foot |

|Lake Erie | |

|Niagara Falls, NY | |

|Empire State Building | |

|Atlantic Coast | |

|Cayuga Lake | |

a. Explain what negative and positive numbers tell Julia about elevation.

b. Order the elevations from least to greatest, and then state their absolute values. Use the chart below to record your work.

|Elevations |Absolute Values of Elevations |

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c. Circle the row in the table that represents sea level. Describe how the order of the elevations below sea level compares to the order of their absolute values. Describe how the order of the elevations above sea level compares to the order of their absolute values.

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