Ways to Make a Number

Put together and break apart numbers 6 to 10.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 29

Every number can be broken apart in different ways. 7 can be 4 and 3.
7 can also be 5 and 2, or 6 and 1. It's still 7 counters, just split a different way.
Shake and spill! Shake some two-color counters in a cup and spill them. Some land red and some land yellow. Here, 8 counters: 3 red and 5 yellow.
Your turn! Tap the counters to make 9 as 6 red and 3 yellow.
Try it with a grown-up! Put some spoons in two piles. Find another way to split them into two piles. How many ways can you find?

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

K.NR.5.1 — Compose (put together) and decompose (break apart) numbers up to 10 using objects and drawings.