Headline Story
Using Addition and Subtraction, #7
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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
Grant traded 3 quarters and 4 nickels for a collection of dimes and pennies with the same value.
Possible student responses
- Grant had 95¢.
- He must have gotten at least 5 pennies.
- He could not get more than 9 dimes.
- He could have received 7 dimes and 25 pennies.
- If he got the fewest coins possible using only dimes and pennies, he received 9 dimes and 5 pennies.
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