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Choices at Brightside Center

Think about what you choose and what you give up.

Read about Brightside Center

Listen as the passage is read. Then answer the questions.

An Afternoon at the Center

Brightside Recreation Center is next to a busy subway stop in a big-city neighborhood. On Saturday, it offers free activities for children. The center also has a small snack cart.

Jayden has $3 to spend. A fruit cup costs $2, and a pretzel costs $2. He chooses the fruit cup. The two snacks are wants. Jayden can buy one snack because both snacks cost $4 together.

Jayden also has 30 minutes for one activity. Basketball and dance both start at 1:00 and end at 1:30. He joins basketball. He cannot be in both activities during the same 30 minutes.

1.
Jayden wants both snacks. What choice fits the $3 he has?
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2.

If Jayden chooses the fruit cup, he gives up the .

3.
What keeps Jayden from joining both activities?
Question 3 options
4.
Draw a line from each choice to the want that is given up.
5.
Circle the two details that show Jayden's time is limited.

6.
Jayden now has $4. He still wants the fruit cup and pretzel. What can he do now that he could not do with $3?
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Make more choices

Read each situation. Think about the want that is chosen and the want that is given up.

7.
At a snack cart in the neighborhood, Priya has $5. A sandwich costs $4, and a juice costs $2. Which choice can Priya afford?
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8.
At 2:00, Omar has 20 minutes. A music game and a drawing lesson both start at 2:00 and last 20 minutes. If Omar chooses drawing, what does he give up?
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9.
Sort each situation by what is limited.
10.
Which person gives up a want because time is limited?
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11.
Circle the two examples where money is limited.

12.

Jules has 15 minutes. A music class and a drawing class start together and last 15 minutes. Jules chooses music. Jules gives up the . The limit is .

13.
At Brightside Center, Kai has $6. A sandwich costs $4, and a smoothie costs $3. Kai chooses the sandwich. What does Kai give up? Use the prices to explain why Kai cannot get both.