Headline Story
Grouping, Regrouping, and Place Value, #6
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage students to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
Sonya has quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies in her pocket. She reaches into her pocket and takes out two coins.
Possible student responses
- The largest amount of money Sonya could have taken out of her pocket is 50¢.
- The smallest amount of money she could have taken out is 2¢.
- She may have taken out coins with a value of 2¢, 6¢, 10¢, 11¢, 15¢, 20¢, 26¢, 30¢, 35¢, or 50¢.
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