Grade
K

Same & Different: Wooden Beads

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A: Four rows of wooden beads. First, 5 purple beads. 1 is a cube, the rest are cylinders or round. Next, 5 orange beads. 1 is a cube, the rest are cylinders or round. Then, 5 yellow beads. 1 is a cube, the rest are cylinders or round. Last, 1 red cylinder bead. B: Two strings with wooden beads. One string has 5 cubes plus 1 more. Each one is a different color. The second string has 5 cylinders in different colors, then 5 round beads in different colors.
  1. What is mathematically the same about pictures A and B, and what is different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Make a third picture of some beads. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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