Headline Story
Three-Dimensional Geometry, #12
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Introduction
This Headline Story is purposefully open-ended enough to elicit responses at varying levels. You might want to ask questions to encourage creative and logical thinking, such as “Which distance is farther?” or “What information is not given?”
Headline Story
It takes Jack 15 minutes to walk to school. It takes Jack 5 minutes to walk to his friend’s house.
Possible student responses
- Jack can walk to school and back in 30 minutes.
- Jack can walk to his friend’s house and back in 10 minutes.
- It is farther to school than to Jack’s friend’s house.
- You don’t know if Jack’s friend’s house is on the way to school or farther from school than Jack’s house.
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