Partitioning a Line Segment
Add to your INB:
To help us in our dilemma, we need to learn another math strategy to put in your tool box.
Strategy #3: Partitioning a Line Segment
This is one possible strategy you could use for this activity in case this is the most equitable solution.
We'll look at an example to practice
The word partition means to divide into parts.
First, determine how many total parts are involved.
For this problem, there are 5 total parts. One group has 2 parts and the other group has 3 parts so added together there are a total of 5 parts. This means that we need to divide the line segment AB into 5 equal parts.
Now we need to figure out where Point P would go on the line segment so there is one group of 2 to the left of Point P and the other group of 3 is to the right of Point P.
