2. When the Wright Brothers first invented their
airplane, it couldn’t fly very far. The Wright
Brothers had to fly the airplane many times for
short lengths. If the airplane flew ¼ of a miles
three times in a row, then flew 1/6 of a mile two
times in a row, how far did the airplane fly in all?
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3. Take 5 minutes to think about how you would
solve this problem. Think about the steps that you
would take. Then talk to your group members to
see the steps that they came up with.
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4. Ideas to get you
started…
Decide which words are
important to the problem.
Pick out what you have to
first to begin solving the
problem.
Remember to combine
fractions first to start
getting your answer.
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