Using Precise Language Can Support Students' Understanding of the Relationship

question 4

Multiple Choice

Using precise language can support students' understanding of the relationship between fractions and decimal fractions.All of the following are true statements EXCEPT:

• A)0)75 = 34 .
• B)Five and two-tenths is the same as five point two.
• C)Six and three-tenths = 6310 .
• D)7)03 = 7 30100 .

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Definitions:

Tragedy of the Commons

An economic problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from a given resource, leading to overuse and depletion of the resource to the detriment of all.

Externalities

Economic side effects or consequences of commercial activities that affect other parties without being reflected in the cost of the goods or services involved.

Common Resources

Resources that are accessible to all members of a society but are susceptible to overutilization and depletion.

Private Good

A product or service that is excludable and rival in consumption, meaning only those who pay for it can consume it, and one person’s consumption prevents another's.