Four Kids with Marbles

Four Kids With Marbles Four Kids With Marbles

Anna and Cory have nine marbles If Anna and Brad put all their marbles when you put theirs together. in one box, the box would have five marbles. How many marbles does each kid have? How many marbles does each kid have? ------

Four Kids With Marbles Four Kids With Marbles

If Cory and Dona put all their marbles together, they’d have fourteen. Dona and Brad have ten marbles when you put all their marbles together. How many marbles does each kid have? How many marbles does each kid have? ------Four Kids With Marbles Four Kids With Marbles Don’t pass this card out! If the four kids put all their marbles Questions: in one basket and shared them Can you find another one? Is that all? How do you equally, they’d each get four, but know? Convince me. What strategies did you use? Did you use manipulatives? Would you share your there would be three marbles left. method? Any patterns? What grade levels can you adapt this for? Which of the above questions are appropriate for that grade How many marbles does each kid level? What do you think/feel about this problem? have?

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Anna Brad Cory Dona

Adapted from EQUALS (1989). Lawrence Hall of Science.

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