This document provides a story problem about having 6 crayons that are some combination of red and blue. It asks how many of each color could be in different combinations, and gives some examples of solutions like 4 red and 2 blue or 5 red and 1 blue. It encourages finding other combinations and is intended for teachers to help first grade students learn to solve "How Many of Each?" problems.
This document provides a story problem about having 6 crayons that are some combination of red and blue. It asks how many of each color could be in different combinations, and gives some examples of solutions like 4 red and 2 blue or 5 red and 1 blue. It encourages finding other combinations and is intended for teachers to help first grade students learn to solve "How Many of Each?" problems.
This document provides a story problem about having 6 crayons that are some combination of red and blue. It asks how many of each color could be in different combinations, and gives some examples of solutions like 4 red and 2 blue or 5 red and 1 blue. It encourages finding other combinations and is intended for teachers to help first grade students learn to solve "How Many of Each?" problems.
Here is a story problem. I have 6 crayons. Some are red. Some are blue. How many of each could I have? How many red? How many blue? There are many solutions. Here are some solutions.
4 red and 2 blue
5 red and 1 blue
1 red and 5 blue
Can you find other combinations of blue and red crayons? Note to Teacher: How Many Do You Have? Session 4.4. Use this page to help students make sense of a new type of problem, called How Many of Each?, that they will solve in this Investigation and throughout first grade.