Remember: A tax is a share everyone puts in for the things everyone uses. The more families share, the less each one puts in.
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The bridge in BrookfieldBrookfield was a small town of six families beside a river. When it rained, the children walked a muddy path around it. One day the families met in the square and said, "We need a bridge!" But a bridge cost twelve pretend coins, too many for one family alone. So each family put two coins in a big pot. Six families with two coins each made twelve coins, enough for the bridge. Nobody paid all twelve, but everybody paid a little. Coins put in for things a whole town shares are called taxes. A tax is a share we all put in for things we all use. Next year, the pot paid for a swing in the park and new books at the school.
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Six families each put 2 coins in the pot. Count the pot: coins.
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What do taxes pay for?
🍋Leo's own lemonade stand🌉Things a whole town shares🧸One family's toys
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Circle every thing the town pot pays for.
🛣️A road through town🚲A child's own bike💡A street lamp🥪A packed lunch📚The town library
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Twelve families sharing twelve coins would each put in one coin.
TrueFalse
Share, fix and think
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Four families share the 12-coin bridge equally. Each puts in coins.
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Look at the table. When more families share the bridge, what happens to what each one puts in?
It stays the sameIt gets biggerIt gets smaller
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Join each one to who pays for it.
1the park swing
2Leo's lemonade stand
3a family's own garden
Athe town pot
Bthat family
CLeo
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Number the steps in Brookfield's story.
The families need a bridge
Each family puts two coins in the pot
The builders build the bridge
The pot holds twelve coins
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Ana says: one family had to pay all twelve coins for the bridge. Is Ana right?
YesNo
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Two families sharing put in 6 coins each. Six families sharing put in 2 coins each. When only two share, each puts in coins more.
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Write one thing in your town that everyone shares.
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Draw the bridge, and the pot with coins in it.
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Answer key · Set A
Taxes: everyone shares
112 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 12 coins, enough for the bridge.
2Things a whole town shares A tax is a share we all put in for things we all use, like a bridge, a park or a school.
3A road through town, A street lamp, The town library A road, a street lamp and the library are for everyone. A bike and a packed lunch are paid for by one family.
4True 12 coins shared by 12 families is 1 coin each.
53 12 coins in 4 equal shares is 3 coins each.
6It gets smaller Two families put in 6 coins each, but six families put in only 2 each. The more families share, the less each puts in.
71-A, 2-C, 3-B A swing is for anyone, so the pot pays. A stand and a garden belong to one person or family.
81, 2, 4, 3 They needed a bridge, shared the cost, filled the pot, and then the builders could build it.
9No Nobody paid all twelve. Each of the six families put in two coins.
104 6 − 2 = 4 coins more.
11Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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