Headline Story
Time, Temperature, Weight, and Capacity, #4
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to your students. The problem uses the word about two times, indicating approximate times. Encourage students to think about the maximum amounts of time Louis may have been at recess.
Headline Story
Louis went out to recess about 5 minutes before Katie and returned 2 minutes after her. Katie was at recess from 10:30 A.M. to 10:45 A.M. About how long was Louis at recess?
Possible student responses
- Katie was at recess for 15 minutes, and Louis was out about 7 minutes longer than Katie.
- (Accept reasonable estimates between 17 and 27 minutes.)
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