- Question 1: Find what each picture equals using these equations: Mars plus 2 minus Mercury equals 8, Mars plus Mars plus 5 equals 19.
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: Mars and Mercury.
Mars + 2 - Mercury = 8, Mars + Mars + 5 = 19.
Keep a small stack by the desk for children who finish other work ahead of the group.
