/adultnumeracycenter/will-this-be-on-the-test-6/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:29:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /adultnumeracycenter/will-this-be-on-the-test-6/#comment-22 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:08:26 +0000 https://adultnumeracyatterc.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-22 […] Last month we looked at a question about a snail crossing a garden. Modeling the question with number lines or Singapore strips made it very accessible. (If you haven’t read that column yet, I recommend you do so before continuing with this one.) What if the fractions involved in the question were a little less friendly? Would the same visuals and conceptual strategies still work? This month I invite you to challenge yourself to solve a slightly thornier variation using visuals and conceptual understanding.  […] ]]>