Remember: Gold is rare, it lasts, and it can be cut into small pieces. That made it money.
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Zuri and the goldZuri's uncle panned for gold in a cold, clear stream. He scooped up mud and stones in a flat pan and swirled it round. Hours went by, and then something glinted: a tiny nugget of gold! Gold is rare, which means there is not much of it. At a museum, Zuri saw an old gold cup, ring and coin. They still shone, because gold does not rust. Beside them sat an iron nail and a bucket, brown and crumbly, because iron rusts when it gets damp. Gold is also soft, so it can be cut into small pieces, and every piece is still gold. Gold is rare, it lasts, and it can be shared out, so many people chose gold as money.
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Why did a whole day of panning find only a little gold?
🏋️Gold is heavy🥶The stream was cold💎Gold is rare
2
Gold is , which means there is not much of it.
raresoftshiny
3
How many pieces of copper were found in the pretend day of digging?
235
4
Look at the bars again. Iron 5 and copper 3 together: 5 + 3 = pieces.
5
Gold rusts like iron.
TrueFalse
6
Join each thing to what happened to it.
1A gold ring
2An iron nail
3A gold bar
Astill shines
Bbrown and crumbly
Ccan be cut into small pieces
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7
How many more pieces of iron than gold were found? 5 − 1 =
8
A bar of gold is cut into 4 pieces. Every piece is still gold.
TrueFalse
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Number what Zuri saw.
Zuri sees old gold shine in a museum
A gold bar is cut into pieces
Zuri's uncle pans in the stream
A tiny nugget glints in the pan
10
Circle every reason people chose gold as money.
💎It is rare🛡️It lasts✂️It can be shared in pieces🟫It rusts🍬It tastes sweet
11
Zuri says: gold is money because it is magic. What does the story say?
✨It is magic and always worth the same🤝It is not magic. People agreed it was worth a lot🟫It is money because it rusts
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Gold is rare, it lasts, and it can be cut up. Which matters most for money? Say why.
13
Draw gold pieces in little pouches, one pouch for each of three friends.
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Answer key · Set A
Why gold is special
1Gold is rare Gold is rare, so there is not much of it.
2rare Rare means there is not much of something.
33 The copper bar is as tall as 3.
48 5 + 3 = 8.
5False Gold does not rust. Rain and air do not make it dull, but iron goes brown and crumbly when it is damp.
61-A, 2-B, 3-C Gold lasts and can be cut, but iron rusts.
74 5 − 1 = 4.
8True Gold is soft, so it can be cut, and every piece is still gold, just a little smaller.
93, 4, 1, 2 Panning, the nugget, the museum, and last the bar cut into pieces.
10It is rare, It lasts, It can be shared in pieces Gold is rare, it lasts, and it can be cut up. It does not rust.
11It is not magic. People agreed it was worth a lot Gold is not magic. People agreed that it was worth a lot.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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