Addition Problems 1 C
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Plus means adding numbers or things together. The document explains how to solve the addition problem 5 + 4 by using fingers to count, writing the equation, and understanding that the equal sign means the numbers on each side of it are the same amount. It also notes that addition and subtraction are different calculations represented by plus and minus signs.
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Addition Problems 1 C
- 1. Plus means we added. Adding means putting the numbers or things together.
- 2. We used what we already knew that is 5 plus 5 equals 10. Then we did 5 plus 4, that is one less, so the result is 1 less, that is 9.
- 3. We already knew the addition We wrote the equation. The addition symbol means plus and the two lines mean equal or is the same as.
- 5. We used fingers to count using 5 in 1 hand and 4 in the other. We were able to count in this problem as the numbers were small, but if the numbers are bigger, we do not have enough fingers.
- 6. Counting with fingers and checking with sticks
- 7. We wrote the complete answer or solution to the problem and the numbers that appear in the problem. We wrote the equation as we already knew that 5 plus 4 is 9
- 8. We put the biggest number in our heads and then we go on counting.
- 9. Here we underlined what we did not know before. In one of the calculations we are adding but in the other one we are taking away. The symbol equal means that if you put the two numbers together the result is....