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Basic Dragonfly
Prompt
1. Use a diagram, table, chart or other method to
show this situation.
A common green dragonfly,
the fastest insect in the
world, can fly a distance of
50 feet in 2 seconds.
2. Write the question that you are
going to try to answer using this
information, and then show your
work on that question.
Your question:
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Three more dragonfly questions
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The Frog Problem
A frog can hop at a maximum speed of about 60 feet every 4 seconds.
How far can the frog go in 30 seconds? Show your work on this problem using
two or three of the methods that were discussed in the dragonfly problem.
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The Printer Problem
A printer can print 3 high-quality photographs in 2 minutes.
How long will it take that printer to print 14 photos? Show 2 or 3 methods that
you can use to understand and solve this problem.
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