Lesson 4-6

LET'S BUILD Use Reasoning to Solve Addition Word Problems

For more help with this lesson, view the Visual Learning Animation or the Another Look Video.

MATH HELP AT HOME

Sample Additional Practice Exercise 1

Four fish swim in the water. Six more join them. How many fish are there in all?

Use connecting cubes to show the addition, draw a picture, and write an equation. 4 cubes and 6 cubes. Below is written the equation 4 plus 6 equals 10.

Put 4 cubes together and draw 4 cubes for the first 4 fish. Then put 6 cubes together and draw another 6 cubes for the 6 fish that join them. Write the addition equation: $4 + 6 = 10$ .

HOME ACTIVITY

Addition Stories

ACTIVITY

Give your child two numbers up to 10. Ask your child to tell an addition story using the numbers. Repeat with different numbers.