Headline Story
Exploring Addition and Subtraction, #5
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Introduction
The goal of Headline Stories similar to this one is for children to learn to translate situations and information into problems that can be answered mathematically. What information do we have? What information is missing? Encourage children to invent good conclusions about the story below.
Headline Story
Zoe has a jar of red and green marbles. She takes 10 marbles out of the jar. _____ of the marbles are red. _____ of the marbles are green.
Possible student responses
- Zoe could take out 10 red marbles and 0 green marbles.
- She could take out 5 of each color.
- Zoe could take out 6 red marbles and 4 green marbles.
- For the marbles Zoe could take out of the jar, red + green = 10.
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