- Question 1: Find what each picture equals using these equations: Blue Jay plus Falcon minus 5 equals 8, Blue Jay plus Blue Jay equals 16.
Two pictures stand for two hidden numbers, and the child works out both. Numbers and results here stay within twenty. Equations add and subtract, so the child reads each sign. A picture keeps one value throughout, so a value found carries onward. Pictures on this sheet: Blue Jay and Falcon.
Blue Jay + Falcon - 5 = 8, Blue Jay + Blue Jay = 16.
Two children can sit side by side, take a problem each, and compare how they reached the number.
