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ACTIVITY

The Jeweler's Gold

In your small groups, do the following:

• 1 Solve the problem below. Everyone should agree on what the answer is.

• 2 Create a poster showing your answer and explaining how you added the numbers together.

  Problem

  Janet is a jeweler. When she makes new jewelry or redesigns jewelry, she is often left with small pieces of gold. At the end of one day of work, Janet had pieces of gold that weighed 0.3 gram, 1.14 grams, and 0.085 gram. How much gold did Janet have left?

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