![Headline Story](https://elementarymath.edc.org/wp-content/uploads/Headline-Story-162-300x237.png)
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to think of creative ways to name solutions.
Headline Story
What can you say about this picture?
![](https://elementarymath.edc.org/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-Blue-Rectangle.png)
Possible student responses
- 8 – 6 = 2.
- 8 – 2 = 6.
- 2 + 6 = 8.
- 6 + 2 = 8.
- 4 X 2 = 8.
- 2 X 4 = 8.
- 8 / 4 = 2.
- 8 / 2 = 4.
- Most of the rectangle is shaded.
- Two out of the 8 parts are not shaded
of the rectangle is shaded.