Headline Story
Decimals, #8
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to your students. Encourage them to use logical reasoning to draw conclusions about Joe’s hikes.
Headline Story
Joe hiked 2.7 miles before lunch. After lunch, he hiked 2.56 miles. Tomorrow he will hike 5. _____ more miles.
Possible student responses
- He hiked 5.26 miles today. He hiked 0.14 more miles before lunch than he did after lunch.
- He hiked more than two-and-a-half miles both before and after lunch.
- He hiked fewer than three miles both before and after lunch.
- If he hikes the same distance tomorrow, he will hike a total of 10.52 miles.
- If he hikes 5.02 miles tomorrow, he will have hiked a shorter distance than he hiked today.
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