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Same & Different: Ice Pops

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A: A vertical 10-frame has 5 red twin ice pops on the left side and 3 yellow twin ice pops on the right side. B: A horizontal double 10-frame has 4 red single ice pops and 4 yellow single ice pops in the top row. It has 4 red single ice pops and 4 yellow single ice pops in the bottom row.
  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 ice pops. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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