Headline Story
Decimals, #9
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to your students. Encourage them to make creative statements using information from the story.
Headline Story
Heidi picked 3.1 pounds of strawberries on Saturday. On Sunday, she picked 2.58 pounds. She picked strawberries again on Monday.
Possible student responses
- Heidi picked 5.68 pounds of strawberries over the weekend. She picked 0.52 pounds more on Saturday than she did on Sunday.
- She picked more than 2
pounds each day. - If she picks 2.5 pounds on Monday, then she’ll have picked more than 8 pounds during the 3 days.
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