If we count with our fingers we can make mistakes and we may not have enough fingers to do so.

COUNTING WITH OUR FINGERS

Taking away

We used the equation and then what we already knew to explain it

USING THE EQUATION AND WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW

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Equation

As we are counting we can make mistakes or skip numbers, or repeat them.

Equals

COUNTING BACKWARDS

Drawing and counting

Writing and using the equation

COUNTING, DRAWING AND USING THE EQUATION

Equation

We counted backwards putting the big number in our heads

USING THE EQUATION AND COUNTING BACKWARDS

We counted our fingers backwards, and we asked somebody to lend us one as we did not have enough.

COUNTING WITH OUR FINGERS

Equation

We used what we already knew

USING THE EQUATION

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USING THE EQUATION

Equation

We used words to explain the equation

USING EQUATION AND WORDS

We used numbers and drawings and we counted backwards

COUNTING AND DRAWING

put togetherWe realized that we need to read the problem carefully to know what to do

Counting Using the equation and what we already know

Counting backwards Drawing Using the equation Using words

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