Problem 3 · Draw a picture · 3 points
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Five children stand side by side in a straight row. Mia is exactly in the middle. How many children are to Mia’s left?
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
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- What does Mia being exactly in the middle tell you about the children on each side? How can you use that fact with the total number of children?
- Leave Mia out of the count, then share the remaining children equally between her left and right sides.
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Answer: E — 2
There are 5 children in all. Leaving Mia out gives 4 other children. Because Mia is exactly in the middle, the same number stand on each side, so 4 ÷ 2 = 2 children are to her left. The correct choice is 2. Choosing 3 would count Mia along with the children on her left, but Mia is not to her own left.