Grade
5
Same & Different: Lady Lightning
Lady Lightning is the most powerful superhero in the Universe. She spends a lot of her time helping animals.
Look at the two problems. What do you notice?
![A: She helped at the zoo by moving a walrus and a leatherback turtle to their new homes. The walrus weighs 5-fourths of a ton. The turtle weighs 2-thirds of a ton. If Lady Lightning moves both at the same time, how many tons is she carrying? B: She went looking for a bald eagle friend of hers and flew two and three-fourth's miles straight up, which was too far. She waved to a small plane, and then flew back down five-sixths of a mile to see the bald eagle. How many miles above earth is she now?](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/a287qQ1i9L2lxMePRqJdebrofUkUtm1RsuZSpck4E28wqSljYZ.png?itok=o-s59slk)
- How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
- A and B are the same because …
- A and B are different because …
- Write a third story problem about Lady Lightning or another superhero that includes fractions. Explain how your story is the same as problems A and B, and how it is different.
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