Headline Story
Stories in Numbers, Words, and Pictures, #9
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Introduction
Display the Headline Story pictured in the sidebar, Marbles, and read it aloud to the class. Encourage children to fill in the blanks and to discuss the story.
Headline Story
Some friends are sharing 12 marbles. There are _____ friends. Each friend gets _____ marbles.
Possible student responses
- If there are 12 friends, then each friend gets one marble.
- If there are six friends, then each friend gets two marbles.
- If each friend gets four marbles, then there are three friends sharing the marbles.
- There is no way to share the 12 marbles so that someone gets five marbles.
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