Mathematics: Applications & Concepts, Course 1
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Numbers
and Operations


Use groups of 2.
Materials: Toothpicks
Take Your Picks  

Arrange sixteen toothpicks as shown in the figure below. Then, working together, discover how to move two toothpicks so that the ratio of congruent squares in the first figure to congruent squares in the second figure is 5:4.

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