Lesson 12 Ways to Represent Measurement Situations
Let’s make sense of and represent measurement situations at the fair.
Warm-up Notice and Wonder: The Fair
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
![A carnival.](../../../../../downloads/d8219a4d--V1-3.6.D12-Warmup1-w--Buffer.png)
![Giant pumpkins.](../../../../../downloads/5a39ccb5--3.6.D12-Warmup3.jpg)
![Cows.](../../../../../downloads/af4b8e43--29563468128_0f880b8849_o.jpg)
Activity 1 Giant Pumpkin Event
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Write a list of mathematical questions that could be asked about this image.
Work with your partner to solve the problem you were given by your teacher and show your thinking on a poster. Be sure to write down on your poster the problem you are solving.
Activity 2 Card Sort: Giant Pumpkins
Your teacher will give you a set of cards with descriptions and diagrams.
Match each description with a diagram that represents the same situation.
Practice Problem
Problem 1
Lin’s class got 8 pumpkins for a pumpkin carving contest. Each pumpkin weighed 12 pounds.
Which tape diagram represents the situation?
How many pounds did the pumpkins weigh altogether? Explain or show your reasoning.