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Grade 8 MathUnit 2 – FractionsStudent CopyLesson 88.N.6/8.N.8 - Solving Problems with Fractions Investigation:Work with a partner to solve the problem below.Aidan wants to make this fruit punch recipe. Grandma Friesen’s Fruit Punch Recipe1 ? Cup orange juice2/3 Cup pineapple juice1Cup lemon-lime soda? Cup cranberry juice2/3 Cup ice cubesAnswer each of these questions. Show your work. How many cups of punch does the recipe make?Suppose Aidan makes the punch, then pours himself 23 cup of punch. How much punch does he have left?Suppose Aidan only has 1/3 cup of pineapple juice. What would he need to do to each of the other ingredients in order to keep the flavor the same? Calculate how much of each of the other ingredients he will need.Suppose Aidan decides to make one-third the recipe. How much orange juice will he need?When solving word problems, it is important to identify the ______________ needed to solve the problem. Below are some strategies and helpful hints for problem solving.Read the problem slowly – twice.Decide/highlight what is _____________ information and what may be ____________ information.Make sense of the problem by explaining it in your own words, drawing a ____________, or using a model.Look for key words that can help you to identify the operation to use:“total” suggests _____________“less than” suggests _______________“times” suggests _______________“of” suggests _________________“shared” suggests _______________“each” suggests _________________Double check that the operation makes sense in the context of the problem.Ex. 1Put the words in the word box into the appropriate column for which operation they indicate.SeparateProductAltogether MorePartsMany timesGroupFewerPortionsMinusSumFull amountPlusSharesAndOfLessQuotientMore thanLess thanEachTotalAdditionSubtractionMultiplicationDivisionEx. 2 Kassie worked on her science project for 34 h on Tuesday and 56 h on Wednesday. She spent 1 h on Thursday finishing her math homework and she spent some time on Friday on her English homework.How long did Kassie work on her science project altogether?How much longer did Kassie work on the project on Wednesday than on Tuesday?Altogether, Kassie spent 4? h on school work over the 4 days. How long did Kassie spend on her English homework?Ex. 3 Charles volunteered at a gift-wrapping booth for a local charity. He volunteered for 2 ? h and wrapped 11 gift boxes. His friend Winona volunteered 1 1/3 times as long.How long did Charles spend wrapping each gift box? What assumptions did you make?How many hours did Winona volunteer?Make up two more math problems using the data in the question. Solve your problem and state which operation or operations were used.AssignmentDo #3 – 10 p. 151 ................
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