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Use groups of 4.
Materials: Newspapers, magazines
What's Your Source?
 
Write the headings "Found Form," "," and "Source" in a row
at the top of a sheet of paper.

Using newspapers and magazines, find examples of rational numbers expressed as fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, whole numbers, and integers. Write each rational number as it appears in the newspaper or magazine under the heading "Found Form," and then write the number in the form under the "" heading. Finally, undrer the "Source" heading, write where you found each rational number.

Share your work with other groups.