You know that if you eat of your favorite breakfast sandwich, you get grams of protein. How many grams of protein are in the whole sandwich?
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Explain why this is a story problem for . What is one group? One object? What type of division is this?
(b)
Solve the problem using a picture and our meaning of fractions. How does the picture help you to see the answer to this question?
You know that if you eat of your favorite breakfast casserole, you get of a gram of salt. How many grams of salt are in the entire casserole?
(a)
Explain why this is a story problem for . What is one group? One object? What type of division is this?
(b)
Solve the problem using a picture and our meaning of fractions. How does the picture help you to see the answer to this question?
You know that if you eat of your favorite breakfast pastry, you get of a gram of fiber. How many grams of fiber are in the entire pastry?
(a)
Explain why this is a story problem for . What is one group? One object? What type of division is this?
(b)
Solve the problem using a picture and our meaning of fractions. How does the picture help you to see the answer to this question?

Look back at your solution to the previous problem about pastry. Your goal is to be able to answer at least one of the parts below, depending on your picture.
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In your final picture, can you see that the solution is ? What is one group? One object?
(b)
In your final picture, can you see that the solution is ? What kind of division is this? What are the groups and objects for the multiplication?
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In your final picture, can you see that the solution is or ? How does the meaning of the numerator and denominator tell you what to count, and what are the groups and objects for each multiplication?
Write a breakfast-themed story problem for . Explain why your story is correct, then solve it with a picture. How can you see the “invert and multiply” procedure in your final picture?
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