SCO A3: Students will be expected to interpret, model, and rename fractions.

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SCO A3 Students will be expected to interpret,
model, and rename fractions.
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Two-thirds of the class members have a black book
bag. In a class of 24 students, how many would
have a black book bag?
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One-fourth of a bag of marbles is 6 marbles. How
many marbles are in the bag?
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Three-fifths of the class has finished the
Halifax Explosion project. There are 25 students
in the class. How many of the students have not
finished their projects yet?
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Nine-tenths of a Christmas tree holds 72
ornaments. How many ornaments are on the whole
tree?
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Ten of the candy canes are cherry flavoured. The
other half of the candy canes is peppermint
flavoured. How many candy canes are in the whole
set?
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Three-twelfths of the Christmas lights need to be
replaced. In a set of 96 lights, how many need to
be replaced? If the light bulbs are purchased in
sets of 3, how many sets will need to be bought?
If each set sells for 99 cents, how much will the
bulbs cost (before taxes)?
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Five-sixths of the students in the class wore
scarves while singing a song in the Christmas
concert. If there were 30 students in the class,
how many wore scarves?
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One-tenth of the students in the class wore
earmuffs while singing their Christmas concert
song. These 3 students were also the only
students in their class that sang solos during
the concert. How many of their classmates did not
sing solos that night?
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Make up three of your own word problems that
follow the patterns in the questions we just
completed.