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This purple pic is a good example of why visuals are so important.
The dollar increase as well – it’s a great open ended question to give.
I’m a K-12 math coach and have used problems like this in many grades. It’s quite interesting to see the upper grade kids not know how to defend their answer, and to make them go back to a visual to defend their answers.