“Rex is making bread. He combines 1 3/4 cups of white flour and 2 1/3 cups of wheat flour. He adds rye flour to make a total of 5 cups. How much rye flour does he add?”
1) Here is a picture of my visual:
2) Here is a picture of my equation(s) with a variable to represent the unknown amount:
3) Here is a picture of the work I did to solve the problem:
5) Why does drawing a visual help when solving a word problem?
6) How are you feeling about solving word problems with fractions? Is there anything that you still need help with or need to work on further?
I would want to work on harder problems
7) We have our Unit 1 test this Friday. Is there anything that you do not understand or want more help with?
no, but I would like to spend time before the test studying
8) What will you do throughout this week so you are prepared for the test this Friday?