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This blog is a place for fifth graders in Grand Forks, ND to share their thinking about math. The purpose of our blog is to communicate our learning through authentic interaction. We hope you will visit our page often and respond to our writing, thinking process, and problem solving.

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The Best Fraction Problem! Bailley and Moriah made 64 goals in a game. 3/8 of the shots were blocked. How many shots were blocked?

Article posted February 22, 2012 at 10:27 AM • comment (9) • Reads 177 • Return to Blog List

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Kevin First I multiplied 3/8 so it's 3*8 and that is 24 and 64 goals were scored but 3/8 of the goals were blocked so 64 minus 24 is 40 so 40 goals were scored.
Comment Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM by KevinB691


Bailley's thinking:
This problem was easy for me because I did 1/2 * 3/1 = 3/2. When I got that, I turned it into a mixed fraction and got 1 1/2 miles to go. I hope that people have a fun time figuring out this problem! Bye!


Thank You for solving my problem! The answer is 0.5 because 3/2=1.5 and 1.5-1.0=0.5. Good try!

Comment Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:52 AM by JackL712


24 because I did 8x7=56 then I did 8x8=64 goals and 8x3=24...tada!!! the answer.
Comment Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:41 AM by BrendanM475


24 shots were blocked because 64 divided by 8 is 8 and 8 times 3 is 24.
Comment Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM by GeorgiaM788


24 shots were blocked. One-eighth of 64 is eight, so three-eighths would be 24. So 24 shots were blocked.
Comment Posted on February 22, 2012 at 10:29 PM by MoriahB689


24 shots were blocked! This problem was not that hard, but, it took me 2 minutes to solve it! Try Parker B's problem!
Comment Posted on February 22, 2012 at 06:17 PM by GaizkaB685


24 shots were blocked. 64/8=8 then times 3 and that gets you 24.
Comment Posted on February 22, 2012 at 04:06 PM by JordanR729


64/8=8 and 3x8= 24
Comment Posted on February 22, 2012 at 03:33 PM by RayevinnM222


I think the answer is 24. 64/8=8 and 8x3=24
Comment Posted on February 22, 2012 at 03:32 PM by JackL712


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Hello, I'm excited to start this blog about math because I love math. Math isn't the only thing i like to do, I like to play Sunflake soccer, read, and hang out with my friends. One of my favorite ways to solve math problems is using partial products. That's some of the things about me. See ya later!

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