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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your daughter has probably done MANY practice problems like the one you shared and should know to go to the most exact answer.  I understand where you are coming from, but she can complete 4.5 pots, not just 4.  In my class today (compacted 5/6), one question asked if a child earns $5.50 per hour babysitting, how many hours would it take to earn $52.25.  One of the children answered 10 hours with the same reasoning you gave above, so we discussed why that was not the most accurate response.  Like it or not, this is what is now expected from the children.[/quote]

Half a pot is by definition not a complete pot. I am teaching my children to be careful and exact in their use of language precisely to avoid such misunderstandings. Precision of language, please! At 6th grade I would definitely encourage DD to discuss her reasoning with the teacher to (1) try to recover the point and (2) determine whether the teacher intended to word the question in this way so that DD could tailor her understanding of the expectations in this teacher's class such that she would not miss future problems by over-analyzing the language of the question. [/quote]

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