Addition word problems within 10

3 flowers bloomed yesterday

and they draw the flowers 1, 2, 3

6 more bloomed today. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

How many flowers bloomed?

Well 3 yesterday, 6 more today. So you're going to have

the 3 from yesterday, plus the 6 more today.

Well what's 3 plus 6 equal to?

Well 3 plus 6 is the same thing as 6 plus 3 and that's going to be 9.

6 + 1 is 7, 6 + 2 is 8, 6 + 3 is 9.

And it's good to know, just in your head, 6 + 3 is 9. 3 + 6 is 9

or you could even count them......

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Let's do another one.

There were 2 sharks. 1, 2.

3 more sharks came. 1, 2, 3.

How many sharks are there now?

Well there's the 2 that were there before.

Plus the 3 that came.

So, there's 2 plus 3 sharks.

Well, what is 2 plus 3?

Well, 2 + 3 is 5.

2 + 3 is 5 and you could count it. 1,2, 3, 4, 5.

Let's do one more.

A squirrel picked up 7 acorns.

(counting) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

She picked up one more acorn.

Find out how many acorns she picked up.

Well she picked up the 7.

Plus 1 acorn. So it's going to be 7 plus 1 acorns.

And that is equal to 8.

(counting) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

You got it right.