Word Problem Wednesday was such a hit, we’re going to continue throughout the year with one problem a month.
Our problem this month comes courtesy of a 5th grade teacher who was excited that for the first time, her students understood and easily modeled this problem from the Teacher’s Guide for Primary Mathematics US Edition 5A.
Alice, Betty, and Cassie have $70 altogether. The ratio of Alice’s money to Betty’s money is 1 : 3. Cassie has $10 more than Alice. What is the ratio of Alice’s money to Betty’s money to Cassie’s money?
Submit your solutions by the end of the month!
The last problem was taken from the Dimensions Math 3A Textbook. (Click to learn more about this recently released curriculum):
Shirley Davis shared her algebraic bar model solution:
How did you do?
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