Wheelock College EDU330 Elementary Mathematics at SEED Institute

The 8th BSc cohortor completed their module on elementary mathematics today. I t is good to see that a degree in early childhood requires students to know something about primary level mathematics. I have been teaching this course for several years now.

One of the tasks the students did in class was to write story problem for 3/4 divided 1/8.

Some do not show the required division 

There are 3/4 of a pizza left at a party. 

Sam cut 1/8 of the the remaining pizza into equal parts.

Advil calculated the division correctly (8) but wrote 

Peter has 8 pizzas.

He ate 3/4 of it (them).

How many slices did he eat?

This could have been correct if it was

Peter cut a pizza into 8 equal slices.

He ate 3/4 of it.

How many slices did he eat?

Adil's story is answered by doing 3/4  x 8.