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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage students to think of interesting ways to complete the story.
Headline Story
7 children had _____ dimes each. They had $_____ in all.
Possible student responses
- If each child had 3 dimes, they had $2.10 in all.
- If each child had 15 dimes, they had $10.50 in all.
- Unless each child had zero dimes, they must have had at least $0.70 in all.