Sue G in PA Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 My brain is frozen. I need help with this problem. Exercise 11, #2: 1/2 of David's money is 2/3 of Henry's money. a) Express David's $ as a fraction of Henry's $. B) If David has $60 more than Henry, how much money to they have altogether. Can somebody please help me explain this to my son? I "get" it but am having a hard time explaining it to my son so he can "get" it, lol. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbollin Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 sue, I pulled out my dd's workbook. We cut the pre drawn bar diagram of david from 2 pieces (halves) into 4 pieces (quarters) that way the david pieces go from 1/2 to 2/4. then it popped out on the page that it was 4 to 3, or 4/3 this shows that 2 of the 4 bars of david is the same as 2 of the 3 bars of henry. from there, we could see that david has 1 extra bar. we are told in problem that bar is 60.... each bar is 60. there are 7 bars total ( 4 + 3).... 60 times 7 = 420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 THANK YOU! Phew...I "got" how to do it, but shut down when trying to explain it to my son! We both thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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