Headline Story
Doubling, Halving, and Fractions, #4
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the class. Encourage children to think of interesting ways to complete the story.
Headline Story
I shared _____ marbles equally with my friend.
We each had _____ marbles to play with.
Possible student responses
- If I had 100 marbles to share, I would give 50 to my friend. We would each have half of the marbles.
- If I had 20 marbles to share, we would each get 10.
- If I had an odd number of marbles, we could not share them all equally. Either someone will get an extra marble or we must take away a marble.
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