Headline Story
Modeling Addition and Subtraction, #4
Click to enlarge
Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. You might have students work in pairs to list possible prices of one item and find the cost of four items. Encourage them to make a table.
Headline Story
Mr. Corban has 4 grandchildren who are all the same age. When he buys 4 of something for them, he checks the price of 1 item and then pays the cashier 4 times that amount.
Possible student responses
| Price of 1 item | 5¢ | $12 | $1.00 | 75¢ | 11¢ |
| Cost of 4 items | 20¢ | $48 | $4.00 | $3.00 | 44¢ |
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.