Grade
1
How Many Are Hidden? Lots of Bugs
The number of bugs in both pictures is the same. How many bugs are hidden behind the bush? How do you know? How can you finish the equation to make it true?
What do you notice about how the blue number changed? What about the red number?

- Now there are fewer than 12 bugs in both pictures. You get to decide how many!
How many bugs could be hidden behind each bush? How do you know? - Finish the equation to make it true.
What do you notice about how the numbers changed?

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