Headline Story
Multi-Digit Multiplication, #2
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to find interesting ways to respond using information from the story.
Headline Story
Create a story to match this number sentence:
(10 + 4) × 8 = ____
Possible student responses
- Markers come in boxes of 8. The teacher bought 10 boxes of markers, but then she decided to buy 4 more boxes. How many markers did she buy?
- Maria was helping her mother wrap presents. She wrapped 10 presents on Monday and 4 presents on Tuesday. It takes Maria 8 minutes to wrap one present. How much time did she spend wrapping presents?
- To set up for the play, Mr. Yang set up 10 rows of chairs. Each row had 8 seats. All of those seats were filled before the show began, so he set up 4 more rows. How many seats were there?
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