Headline Story
Decimals, #3
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to your students. Encourage them to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
Erin had _____ dollars, _____ quarters, and four pennies. She gave Jay three of her coins.
Possible student responses
- Some amounts she could have had $2.79 or $5.54. She could not have had $2.32 or $3.17.
- The amount she had must have had a 4 or 9 at the end of it because adding 4 pennies to any number of quarters gives a total that ends in 4 or 9.
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