Headline Story
Grouping, Regrouping, and Place Value, #3
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to your students. Encourage them to make a table of possible coin combinations.
Headline Story
Loni has 31¢. What coins might she have?
Possible student responses
- Loni must have at least 1 penny.
- She cannot have more than 31 coins (all pennies).
- There are 18 possible combinations of coins. The table shows some of the possibilities:
| Q | D | N | P |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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