Grade
2
Same & Different: Picturing Problems
Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?
![A. shows 3 expressions. Red 7 + red 3 + black 6. Black 7 + green 1 + green 9. Blue 5 + blue 5 + black 8. B. shows 3 expressions. red 10 + black 6. Black 7 + green 10. Blue 10 + black 8.](/sites/default/files/inline-images/i7Rqn1ro7QOHfXzarjgeLy6JcoBAgWUsjB8boMED4u4HdY82mV.png)
- How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
- A and B are the same because …
- A and B are different because …
- Make a third picture like the ones above. Use expressions that make 10 or 10 and more. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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