Headline Story
Length, Area, and Capacity, #10
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Introduction
Sometimes it helps children to review what they do know and what they do not know about a Headline Story. In this problem, we do know that the Robinsons have a lot of dogs. We do not know how many dogs the Robinsons have. We do know that a dog has four paws. We do not know how many paws Tina counted.
Headline Story
The Robinsons have a lot of dogs. Tina counted _____ paws altogether.
Possible student responses
- Tina counted 20 paws. The Robinsons have 5 dogs.
- If there were 6 dogs, there are 24 paws.
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