Headline Story
Building Addition and Subtraction Fluency, #5
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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. Encourage children to think of interesting ways to complete the story.
Headline Story
Javier has 48 markers. Maria has half as many markers as Javier.
Possible student responses
- Javier has double the amount of markers as Maria.
- Javier has twice as many markers as Maria.
- If they wanted to have the same amount, Javier would need to give Maria 12 markers.
- Maria has 24 markers.
- Together they have 72 markers.
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