Headline Story
Multiplication and Division, #1
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to your students. Encourage them to think of creative ways to name solutions.
Headline Story
A roll of pennies contains 50¢. A roll of nickels contains $2.00. A roll of dimes contains $5.00. A roll of quarters contains $10.00.
Possible student responses
- If you have one of each type of roll, you have $17.50.
- There are 50 pennies in a roll, 40 nickels in a roll, 50 dimes in a roll, and 40 quarters in a roll.
- You need 4 rolls of pennies to equal the value of 1 roll of nickels.
- A roll of dimes has the same value as 2 rolls of nickels plus 2 rolls of pennies.
- Five rolls of nickels have the same value as 1 roll of quarters, or 2 rolls of dimes.
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