Headline Story
Using Addition and Subtraction, #5
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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. Encourage students to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
Ethan buys 61 cookies to share with his new class. He does not know how many students are in his class, so he doesn’t know if he should give 1, 2, or 3 cookies to each student.
Possible student responses
- Ethan could give 1 cookie to 61 students, 2 cookies to 30 students, with 1 cookie left.
- 2 cookies to 25 students with 11 cookies left.
- 3 cookies to 20 students with 1 cookie left.
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