Headline Story
Measurement, #2
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to think of creative scenarios and write two equations with different values that incorporate information from the story.
Headline Story
This year, the highest temperature in the summer was _____ oF. The lowest temperature in the winter was 53o colder than the warmest summer temperature.
Possible student responses
- If the temperature on the hottest summer day was 90oF, then the temperature on the coldest winter day was 37oF.
- If the temperature on the coldest winter day was 22oF, then the temperature on the hottest summer day was 75oF.
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