Billy claims that splitting 25% among 5 people will result in each person receiving 5%. Pa claims that Billy is cheating himself and that he should receive 14%. Billy tries to prove that he is correct but fails to convince Pa and Ma.
My students are currently mult and dividing decimals and I used it to show how in mathematics:
1. It's easy to go astray
2. Every idea is not a good idea
3. Your process has to make sense
Rhonda Shaw