Grade
K

Same & Different: Frames of Fruit

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A: A 10-frame has 3 watermelon slices in the top row and 3 strawberries in the bottom row. Green 3 + red 3. B: A 10-frame has 5 watermelon slices in the top row and 1 strawberry in the bottom row. Green 5 + red 1.
  1. How are pictures A and B the same mathematically, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Make a third picture of some fruit. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.