Adding / Subtracting

Make It N

Adds on objects to “make one number into another,” without needing to count from 1. Does not (necessarily) represent or know how many were added (this is not a requirement of this intermediate-difficulty problem type).

Activities

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Other Examples:

Asked, "This puppet has 4 balls but she should have 6. Make it 6," puts up 4 fingers on one hand, immediately counts up from 4 while putting up 2 more fingers, saying, "5, 6."

Help your student become a(n) Make It N

These transitional activities challenge children to solve a problem in which they start with one number and add objects to make it a larger number, without necessarily knowing how many they added ("Here are 3 counters. Can you add some so we have 6?")