Three-Quarters of Half the Batch
The idea: a fraction of a fraction is a multiplication, and the answer is smaller than both.
Read it
Who is in this book
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Bà Tư The grandmother who runs the pass and wastes nothing from VầnTots -
Halver Split a whole into equal parts by counting the people, not the marks from FractionForge -
Pie One piece of a whole has a name; seven sevenths make the whole again from FractionForge -
Lan a child of the Green Goes first; makes a friend in a minute -
Beto a child of the Green Takes things apart -
Times A fraction OF a fraction is the overlap of two strips, and it is smaller than both from FractionForge
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- Three quarters of a half is three eighths, because 3/4 × 1/2 = 3/8. A fraction of a fraction is smaller than either one.
- Three eighths of the 24-roll recipe is 9 rolls, 150 grams of noodles and 3 carrots.
- Vietnamese summer rolls (gỏi cuốn) are rolled in thin rice paper that is dipped in water to soften it, and they are not fried. Source
Stretched
- Every sheet makes exactly one roll. What we simplified: Rice paper tears easily, so real cooks keep a spare sheet or two.
Made up
- The school trip, the packet of nine sheets and the recipe are made up. Halver, Pie and Times come from FractionForge, and Bà Tư from VanTots.
Tell it back
Tell the story in your own words: who was there, what went wrong, and what they found out. Then the summer-roll recipe card, the third of four for the feast goes on your belt.
On your belt: the summer-roll recipe card, the third of four for the feast.
Your belt lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.