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Mac the Fork

From Peg + Cat · 2013

Mac the Fork
13 minPre-KK1stMath
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Summary

Treats keep disappearing, and Peg and Cat turn detective to find out who's been swiping them. Figuring out how many treats are missing — and how many are left — turns the mystery into a counting-and-take-away problem.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Some treats keep going missing, and the friends investigate.

  1. How could you tell how many treats were taken?
  2. If you start with some and a few disappear, how do you find how many are left?
  3. What clues helped solve the mystery?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: count, take away, left, missing.

Try it: Put out 6 counters, take 2 away, and say how many are left.