Addition & Subtraction Expressions

Let’s match story problems with an addtion or subtraction expression.

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MI.Math.Content.K.OA.A.1 Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from

Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings (drawings need not show details, but should show the mathematics in the problem), sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

MI.Math.Content.K.OA.A.2 Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from

Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.

MI.Math.Content.K.CC.A.2 Know number names and the count sequence

Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

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