This activity uses an abacus created with an index card, pipe cleaner, and 10 pony beads to help students practice decomposing numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way as addressed in the K.OA.3 Common Core standard. Students will use the abacus to represent number pairs that add up to a total and record the number sentences.
This activity uses an abacus created with an index card, pipe cleaner, and 10 pony beads to help students practice decomposing numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way as addressed in the K.OA.3 Common Core standard. Students will use the abacus to represent number pairs that add up to a total and record the number sentences.
This activity uses an abacus created with an index card, pipe cleaner, and 10 pony beads to help students practice decomposing numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way as addressed in the K.OA.3 Common Core standard. Students will use the abacus to represent number pairs that add up to a total and record the number sentences.
Common Core standard: K.oa.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).
Abacus created with:
-index card (hole punched on both ends) -pipe cleaner -pony beads (2 colors; 5 of each)
Name_________________________
Abacus Partners
Create partners with your abacus. Color to match. Complete the number sentence.