P – EC – RT2

A group of students were learning about using referents when estimating. Some of these students argued that referents should be 10 while others argued that referents should be 100. Are there times when a referent of 10 and a referent of 100 would be helpful? Explain...

P – EC – RT3

You and a friend are asked to estimate the number of attendees at your school’s graduation ceremony. If you were to estimate such a large crowd, how large would your referent be and how would you use it to estimate the number of...

P – EC – RT4

You are asked by your teacher to estimate how many books all of your classmates could fit into their backpacks. How would you determine a referent? What would your estimate be? Explain your thinking.

P – EC – RT5

You and your class are on a nature walk. You become interested in something you notice and make an estimate. This estimate is a large number. What could you have noticed that would make sense for such a large estimate? Explain your...

P – COA – RT1

A teacher asks students what they ate for dinner yesterday. After the data is collected, you notice that there is quite a difference in the responses for certain foods. Create a bar graph that would represent such a data set and include two questions that you would...

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