Mathematics For Elementary Teachers With Activities
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Author: Sybilla Beckmann
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6.6, Problem 11P
Light travels at a speed of about 300,000 kilometers per second. The distance that light travels in 1 year is called a light year. The star Alpha Centauri is 4.34 light years from earth. How many years would it take a rocket traveling at 6000 kilometers per hour to reach Alpha Centauri? Solve this problem, and explain how you use the meanings of multiplication and division in solving it.
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Mathematics For Elementary Teachers With Activities
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He decides to round...Ch. 6.3 - * A student calculates 69987 as follows, and...Ch. 6.3 - When you divide whole numbers using an ordinary...Ch. 6.4 - Explain how to use the math drawings of Figures...Ch. 6.4 - A Bread Problem: If 1 loaf of bread requires 114...Ch. 6.4 - A Measuring Problem: You are making a recipe that...Ch. 6.4 - wWrite a how-many-groups word problem for 423=?...Ch. 6.4 - Write a how-many-groups word problem for 514134=?...Ch. 6.4 - Jose and Mark are making cookies for a bake sale....Ch. 6.4 - Marvin has 11 yards of cloth to make costumes for...Ch. 6.4 - A Laundry Problem: You need 34 cup of laundry...Ch. 6.4 - Write a how-many-groups word problem for 234=? and...Ch. 6.4 - Write a how-many-groups word problem for 1314=?...Ch. 6.4 - Write a how-many-groups word problem for 1223=?...Ch. 6.4 - Write a simple how-many-groups word problem for...Ch. 6.4 - a. 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