- Question 1: Find what each picture equals using these equations: Train plus 1 plus Cement Mixer equals 8, Train minus 3 equals 0.
Two pictures stand for two hidden numbers, and the child works out both. Numbers and results here stay within ten. 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: Train and Cement Mixer.
Train + 1 + Cement Mixer = 8, Train - 3 = 0.
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