Dirt Bike Proportions
Dirt Bike Proportions
Type: Multiplayer (4)
Content: Proportion Equivalency
Common Core Standard: 5.NF.4: Operations: Partition fractions into equal parts
Dirt Bike Proportions is a multi-player racing game for finding equal proportions. How quickly the student correctly answers the ratio problem determines how quickly the dirt bike will go. The student with the fastest rate of correct answers will win the race. Hits and misses are recorded and displayed at the end of the game, along with the student's rate. 1-4 players can play at once.
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OS: Windows, Linux, MAC
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Flash Player
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