Headline Story
Place Value, #5
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the children. Encourage them to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
I have 56 cents. I have only dimes and pennies.
Possible student responses
- If I had 4 more cents, then I would have 60 cents in all.
- The fewest coins I have is 11.
- I have at least 6 pennies.
- We could make a table of all the possible coins.
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