Headline Story
Length, Area, and Volume, #3
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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. Encourage students to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
Last year Delia grew 1
inches, and this year she grew 2 inches.
Possible student responses
- If we knew how tall Delia was 2 years ago, then we could add 1 and then 2 to find how tall she is now.
- If we knew how tall she is now, we could tell how tall she was last year and two years ago.
- She grew 3 inches in 2 years.
- She grew more this year than she did last year.
- If she was 4 feet and 11 inches 2 years ago, then she is 5 feet and 2 inches now.
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