Learn Math Mountains for 1st Grade and 2nd Grade
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3 min1st2ndMath
Summary
An animated Mage Math lesson on math mountains — the part-part-whole picture that links addition and subtraction, made for grades 1–2. Bright 3-D animation walks kids through it with clear, worked examples they can pause and try.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Learn Math Mountains for 1st Grade and 2nd Grade clicks once you see it worked out. Watch an example, then use these questions to make sure it stuck.
- Where do the two parts go, and where does the whole go?
- If you know the whole and one part, how do you find the other part?
- How does the math mountain show that adding and subtracting are connected?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: part, whole, math mountain, missing number.
Try it: Draw a math mountain with 8 at the top and 3 as one part. Fill in the missing part and write both number sentences.