Headline Story
Probability and Data, #5
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Introduction
Read the Headline story to the children. Encourage them to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
Ricki watched a baseball game. She made a tally table and kept track of the runs each inning.
| Inning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Run for Ricki’s Team | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Runs for the Other Team | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Possible student responses
- How many runs did each team make?
- Let’s make tally marks for each team to see which team won.
- How many more runs did Ricki’s team make than the other team?
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