10 Jill has just moved to the country and is planning the path she will take to walk
her new school. She used the Internet to find out that her path will be of a
mile long. When Jill lived in the city, her walk to school was of a mile long.
She knows that her path to school is longer now, but she wants to figure out
how many times longer it is. She thinks she can find her answer by finding
a.
Work with your team to draw a number-line diagram on the Lesson 7.2.1
Resource Page that represents - 3.
b. Use your diagram and reasoning to estimate the answer to Jill's division
problem. Is it less than 1 or greater than 1? How close to 1?