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Hands-On Addition Activities
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Hands-On Addition Activities
Use counters, draw marks, or count on to solve. Show your thinking where you can. At the gallery, Ari and Aisha are helping visitors add up artworks and supplies.
Make and Count
Try drawing dots or using small objects for these activities.
1.Ari places 4 blue counters beside 3 yellow counters. Draw or arrange the counters, then write how many there are altogether.
2.The gallery shop has 5 postcards. Aisha adds 4 more postcards to the display. Which addition sentence shows the total?
- 5 + 4 = 9
- 5 + 3 = 8
- 4 + 4 = 8
3.Solve by drawing dots or counting on: 6 + 2 =
4.Harrison sees 7 small paintings in one room and 2 in the next room. How many paintings does he see altogether? Draw a mark for each painting or write an addition sentence.
Addition Around the Gallery
Read each story carefully and find the total.
5.There are 8 visitors in the sculpture room. Another 2 visitors come in. How many visitors are in the room now?
6.The gallery has 3 red ribbons and 5 green ribbons for an art display. True or false: there are 8 ribbons altogether.
TrueFalse
7.Aisha starts at 5 on the number line and jumps forward 3 spaces. Where does she land?
8.Ari finds 6 paper stars. Fill in the missing number: 6 + = 9.
9.Choose the correct way to add 4 + 4.
- Count 4, then count on 4 more to get 8
- Count 4, then count back 4 to get 0
- Count 4, then count on 2 more to get 6
10.Invent a gallery story using two groups of objects. Draw or describe the groups, then write an addition sentence and the total.
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