Solving with counters
How many is under my cup if I had 10 at the start?
Look at Ms. Lia
A zoo in the Savanna has 10 monkeys and 7 zebras.
How many animals are there altogether?
10 + 7 = 17
9 + 5=
14
What does more than mean?
Subtract/minus/difference
3 + ? = 8
5
Show me how to solve 9+4 using the counters
9 yellow and 4 red= 13
4 yellow and 9 red= 13
There are 9 books on the shelf. The librarian adds 6 more books.
How many books are on the shelf now?
9 + 6 = 15
9 + ?= 17
8
What does altogether mean
add/total
There were 14 birds sitting on a fence. 5 birds flew away. How many birds are still on the fence?
9
I have 20 counters and I cover some. Now only 8 counters are visibly. How many did Ms. Lia cover?
20 - 8= 12
There are 9 beads on the bracelet.
2 of them are pink and the rest are green.
How many green beads are on the bracelet?
9 = 2+7
9-2= 7
19 - ? = 10
9
After recess, Jaxon collected 4 footballs. Then he collected some baseballs. Altogether, Jaxon collected 14 balls. How many baseballs did Tyler collect?
10 baseballs
Journey read 9 books. Kyle read 5 books. How many more books did Journey read than Kyle?
4 more books
12 + ☐ = 20
Use counters to show the answer
12 + 8 = 20
12 red and 8 yellow
8 red and 12 yellow
There are 10 beads on the bracelet.
Some are pink and the rest are green.
How many pink and green beads could there be on the bracelet?
5+5=10
20 - 5 =?
15
Delilah built a tower with 8 blocks. She adds some more blocks. Now her tower has 17 blocks.
How many blocks did Mia add?
Equation: 8 + □ = 17
8 + 9 = 17
Preston drew 5 stars in his notebook. Then he drew some hearts. Now there are 12 shapes altogether. How many hearts did Preston draw in his notebook?
7 hearts
10 = 6 + ☐
10 = 6 + 4
There are 11 balloons at the party. More balloons are added. Now there are 20 balloons.
How many balloons were added?
11 + 9 = 20
9 balloons added
? + 16 = 22
6
What does the equal sign = mean
the same
? − 5 = 15
20