Picture addition, step by step
The very first addition a child understands is counting real things.
The question
+ =
6 + 3
••••••+•••
hold:6count on:3
••••••+•••
6 + 3 =9
- Both groups are there to be counted, and counting all of them from 1 is what most people do first. There is a shorter way that also works when the numbers get too big to draw.
- Hold 6 in your head and count the other 3 on from there, instead of going back to 1.
- 6, then 7, 8, 9 — 9.
How it works.
- 01
Both groups are there to be counted, and counting all of them from 1 is what most people do first. There is a shorter way that also works when the numbers get too big to draw.
- 02
Hold 6 in your head and count the other 3 on from there, instead of going back to 1.
- 03
6, then 7, 8, 9 — 9.