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Metadata for Tool
| Tool Name | Balloon Booth or Scale N' Pop |
| Brief | User sets scale, releases balloon, judges whether a smaller or larger scale is required and repeats until balloon pops. |
| Goal | Understanding and Ordering Fractions and Decimals |
| Grade | 4-10 (4th grade - 10th grade) |
| Strand | Number Sense, Geometry (bisection) |
| Standard | CA 4.NS.1.0, ACT NS 24-27 CA Geometry 16.0 |
| Keywords | fractions, decimals, comparing, bisection, simulation, applet |
| Comments | Currently only three booths available with reasonable answers so suitable for 4th-grade on up. In my opinion (LFS), algorithm for logically finding answer is suitable for 9th grade and up (bisection). |
| Source | MathForum POW (Problems of the Week) http://mathforum.org/tpow/index2.ehtml?puzzle=205 |
| Discussion | Math Forum @ Drexel - MathTools: http://mathforum.org/pow/ |
| Cost | Freeware |
| Download | Online only: http://mathforum.org/escotpow/puzzles/scalenpop/ScaleNPop.html |
| Type | Java Applet so requires free sunJava player |
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