Vocabulary
What is the number at the top of a math mountain?
Total
Is the Total and biggest or smallest number?
Biggest!
Where do the addends go in a math mountain?
at the bottom
8+4=
12
10-5=
5
What is the biggest number and where does it go?
Total and it goes on top!
Where does the total go when writing an addition equation?
At the end. You are adding to get a BIGGER number.
You add your addends together to get the ...?
Total
4+4=
8
8-3=
5
What are the numbers on the bottom of a math mountain?
Where does the total go in a subtraction equation?
At the beginning! You START with the total and then take away from that to get a SMALLER number.
Can the addends be the same number in a math mountain?
Yes! 10=5+5
6+___=10
4
12-___=6
6
What is this called? 8+2=10
Equation
How do you find the total?
ADD
Are the partners bigger or smaller than the total?
smaller
7+___=9
2
5-___=2
3
Addends add up to the ...?
Total!
What is total spelled backwards?
lotat
In this math mountain what are the partners?
7+8=15
12=6+___
6
14-___=7
7