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Reciprocal Thinking

Make the Biggest and Smallest Numbers

Introduction Courtney cannot make either the biggest or the smallest numbers. She interprets the decimal part as the denominator of a fraction. She then uses her fraction knowledge that the more pieces something is divided into the smaller each one is.

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