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Counting to 10

Let's practise counting on and back to 10.

Example 1

There are 4 pandas drinking at a lake. Then 2 more come along to join them.

How many pandas were at the lake at first?

First there were 4 pandas at the lake.

How many more then came to the lake?

Then another 2 more were added.

How many pandas are at the lake now?

Now there are 6 pandas altogether.

Let's count them:

There are now 6 pandas.

The last number or largest number tells you how many there are in the group altogether.

Example 2

Here are 2 bricks.

Here are 3 more bricks.

How many bricks are there altogether?

To find out, add the two groups of bricks together.

Here is the same problem as a part whole model.

Push the two groups together into the empty ring.

How many bricks are there altogether?

Find the answer by counting all the bricks.

There are 5 blocks altogether.

2 and 3 makes 5.

Another way to show what happened is to write the numbers into the circles.

The number sentence looks like this.

2 + 3 = 5

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