Headline Story
Charts and Graphs, #4
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
Nineteen children want to go on a ride at the fair. The ride has 8 seats. Each seat can hold up to 3 children.
Possible student responses
- There could be 3 children each in 6 seats, 1 child in 1 seat, and 1 empty seat.
- There could be 3 children each in 5 seats, 2 children each in 2 seats, and 1 empty seat.
- There could be 3 children each in 5 seats, 2 children each in 1 seat, and 1 child each in 2 seats.
- There could be 3 children each in 3 seats and 2 children each in 5 seats.
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