Headline Story
Exploring Rules and Patterns, #4
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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. To produce some of the sample responses, pose questions such as, “If Jason has 50¢, how much does his sister have?” or “Could Jason’s sister have 25¢?”
Headline Story
Jason has half as much money as his sister.
Possible student responses
- If Jason has half as much money as his sister, then his sister has twice as much money as Jason;
- If Jason has 50¢, his sister has a dollar.
- If Jason’s sister has 10¢, then Jason has 5¢.
- Jason’s sister could not have 25¢.
- Half of 25¢ is 12
¢, but you cannot have 12¢.
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