Headline Story
Addition and Subtraction with Place Value, #1
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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. Encourage children to think of interesting ways to complete the story.
Headline Story
Victoria, Matt, and Kay each have some dimes. All together they have $1.00.
Possible student responses
- Maybe Victoria has 2 dimes, Matt has 3 dimes, and Kay has 5 dimes.
- Victoria could have 8 dimes and the other kids 1 dime each.
- Nobody could have more than 8 dimes.
- They couldn’t all have the same number of dimes.
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