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Fluency Warm Up Samples

7th Grade

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Would you rather…

run 2 ½ miles in 30 min

run 6 miles in ¾ hour

OR

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What’s the pattern?

Pounds of Apples

Cost

$0.70

$1.40

1

1 ⅓

$2.80

1 ⅔

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Same but Different

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Number Strings

10 % of 80

5% of 80

15% of 80

15% of 40

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Which one doesn’t belong?

5 - 9 =

-9 + 5 =

-9 -(-5) =

-9 - 5 =

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Different color splats cover different numbers.

What numbers could be under the splats

to create the total in the box?

Splat

-6

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How many ways..

can you write an expression equivalent to:

Suggestions:

  • Distributive Property
  • Combining Like Terms
  • 3 terms, 4 terms, 5 terms….
  • Integers, Fractions, Decimals

-2x + 10

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Expression Strings

8x - 2x - 5

8x - 2 - 5

8x - 2 - 4x - 5

-5 - 4x -2 + 8x

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Same but Different

2(x + 4) = 18

2x + 8 = 18

-8 -8

2x = 10

2 2

x = 5

2(x + 4) = 18

2 2

x + 4 = 9

-4 -4

x = 5

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What do you notice? What do you wonder?