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Resource: Harry's Job at a Candy Store

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In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry gets a new job as the manager of a candy store. Customers who come into the store use fractions to order boxes of different types of chocolates. Harry teaches his cousin, Harley, how the fractional amounts correspond to the number of pieces to place in the box. Harley takes over during Harry’s lunch break, and when Harry returns he finds a disappointed customer was not given the correct amount of chocolates in his order.

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Frame: When we have a group or a set of something, like a bowl of berries, we can use fractions to talk about how much of the bowl is made up of one particular fruit, such as strawberries. If there are 12 berries in the bowl and 3 are strawberries, what fraction could we use to describe the amount of berries that are strawberries? What fraction of that same bowl would be other kinds of berries?

Focus: As you watch this segment, notice all the different candy orders that Harry has to fill and how the customers use fractions to describe the mix of chocolates that they want. Write down at least one of the arrangements from one of the boxes.