Remember: When coins buy only one thing, choosing it means giving up the other. Neither choice is the right one.
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Zara at the fairIt was fair day, and Zara had six pretend coins to spend. One stall sold a bright yellow kite for six coins. Another sold a picture book about dragons for six coins too. Zara stood in the middle of the fair with six coins and two wishes. Both together cost twelve coins, because six and six make twelve, but she had only six, so only one thing could come home. Zara chose the kite, handed over six coins and ran through the grass while it soared. She gave up the book to get the kite. "Maybe another day," she said. Another Zara chose the book instead, and she gave up the kite. Neither choice was the right one, because choosing is about what you want most today.
1
The kite costs 6 and the book costs 6. Together, 6 + 6 = coins.
2
Six coins can buy both the kite and the book.
TrueFalse
3
📖The other Zara picks the book. What does she give up?
The kiteThe bookNothing
4
Zara buys the kite with all 6 coins. How many coins are left?
Six coinsOne coinNo coins
5
A friend has 9 coins. Both things cost 12. What can the friend buy?
BothNeitherOne of them, not both
Join, fix and think
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Neither choice is the right one.
TrueFalse
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Join each one to what goes with it.
1The kite
2The book
3A choice
Atells a dragon tale
Bmeans giving up the other thing
Cgoes up in the wind
8
Put Zara's fair day in order, first to last.
Zara sees the kite for 6 coins
Zara picks one and gives up the other
Zara sees that both cost 12 coins
Zara sees the dragon book for 6 coins
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Fix the mistake: Zara says, I chose the kite and gave up nothing.
TrueFalse
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A purse of 9 coins is short of the 12 needed for both. 12 − 9 = coins short.
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Circle every purse that can buy both the kite and the book.
A purse of 9 coinsA purse of 12 coinsA purse of 6 coinsA purse of 14 coins
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Think of two things you want. Write which you would pick and what you give up.
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Draw the thing you pick, and a little box for the thing you give up.
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Answer key · Set A
Choosing between two things
112 Six plus six make twelve coins.
2False Both cost twelve coins, and Zara has only six, so only one thing can come home.
3The kite Choosing one thing means not choosing the other. She gave up the kite to get the book.
4No coins Six take away six leaves none. The six coins were gone.
5One of them, not both Nine coins is enough for one, which costs six, but not for both, which cost twelve.
6True Each has something good, and choosing is about what you want most today.
71-C, 2-A, 3-B A kite flies in the wind, a book tells the dragon tale, and a choice means giving up the other thing.
81, 4, 3, 2 She saw the kite, then the book, then counted that both cost twelve, and last she picked one.
9False Choosing the kite meant giving up the book. Choosing one thing means not choosing the other.
103 Twelve take away nine leaves three, so the purse is three coins short.
11A purse of 12 coins, A purse of 14 coins Both cost twelve coins, so a purse needs 12 or more. Nine and six are too few.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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