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Name That Number
Sketchley and Madeira are playing a game of Name That Number. Here is the target number and the cards they have in this round:
The goal is to use as many of the five cards as you can to make a number sentence that equals the target number. The number sentence can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Sketchley says that he can make the target number of 8 using three of the cards. He wants to add 7 and 9 to get 16 and then divide 16 by 2 to get 8. He writes:
- Madeira points out that Sketchley's number sentence is not right. How can Sketchley fix it to make it right?
- Make your own number sentence using those cards and the target number of 8.
Extra: Madeira was able to make a number sentence that used all five of the cards. What might her sentence have been?