A question of mailboxes. At Bennington, as you know, we have (or did) open mailboxes in the mailroom. These are there so you can put letters in to other people, etc. etc. But we've got a new plan for them, outlined during class.
Dividing Fractions
We've got 7 cups of food -- my puppy eats 2/3 of a cup per meal. How many meals do we have for the dog?
Show how you know before watching the video. How can we think about the problem?
...now we have 60 cups, and my dog eats 3/4 of a cup at each meal. How do we get there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUKbL_OL_-Q&feature=youtu.be
Adding/Subtracting Fractions
Fractions and Zeros and what they mean
Solving Literal Equations
Start with an easy equation: 3x+5=11 . This even ends in a whole number to make you happy.
Now let's go to 3x+y=11
the process does not change. We are still doing the same things we were before.
Let's try some of these on the sheet in our folder.