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Cookie Jar Numbers: A Tale of Round Numbers

Questions: 5

Grade: 4

Words: 74

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Once, a curious child looked at their cookie jar, wondering how many cookies it held. Their parent, seeing this, saw a teachable moment. They explained, 'If we have 47 cookies, we can round it to the nearest ten. That would be 50, a round number!' The child practiced with different amounts. Soon, they learned that numbers ending in 0 or 5 are round numbers. With this knowledge, the child made a successful guess at the cookie count!

Question 1

What are 'round numbers' according to the story?

Numbers that end in 1

Numbers that are large

Numbers that end in 5 or 0

Explanation. According to the story, round numbers are numbers that end in 5 or 0.

Numbers that are small

Numbers that end in 2

Question 2

What is the purpose of the parent's explanation to the child?

To teach the child to count

To explain the concept of rounding

Explanation. The parent's purpose is to teach the child about the concept of rounding numbers, using the cookies as an example.

To tell the child how many cookies they can eat

To confuse the child

To entertain the child

Question 3

If the cookie jar had 73 cookies, what would be the round number?

70

Explanation. According to the concept of rounding explained in the story, the number 73 rounded to the nearest ten is 70.

75

73

80

65

Question 4

True or False: The child was successful in guessing the cookie count.

True

Explanation. The story mentions that the child made a successful guess at the cookie count.

False

Question 5

What did the child learn with the cookie counting exercise?

How to bake cookies

The taste of cookies

The concept of rounding numbers

Explanation. The child learned the concept of rounding numbers through the cookie counting exercise.

How to eat cookies

How to divide cookies

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