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Making 5 Exploration

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Making 5 Exploration

Explore different ways to make 5. Circle, write or draw your answers.

Find 5

1.Which group has 5 things altogether?

2 kites and 3 balls
1 kite and 3 balls
4 kites and 2 balls

2.Tick every number sentence that makes 5.

1 + 4 = 5
2 + 2 = 5
0 + 5 = 5
3 + 2 = 5

3.Fill the gap: 2 + = 5.

4.Fill the gap: + 1 = 5.

5.Look at the counters. How many are there altogether?

Show your ideas

6.Draw two different groups of dots that have 5 dots altogether in each group.

7.Complete the sentence: When I add 2 and 3, I get altogether.

8.How can you check that 4 + 1 makes 5? Write or draw your idea.

A little challenge

9.Write three different addition sentences that equal 5.

10.Nathan has 5 toy blocks. She puts them into two groups, with at least one block in each group. What different group sizes could she make? Find all the ways.