Tell me why you chose to draw/use manipulatives/add the way you did to get your final answer?
What method did you use to add 40 to your answer in 1?
What did you add 7 to? How do you know?
Why did you choose that mathematical symbol? Does it match your words?
Is there another way to solve this problem?
If we added 34 to Austin’s age, how would that change your answer?
How does Zach’s age compare to Tina’s? Could you have used Tina’s age to find Zach’s age?
What if Tina was actually 19. How would that change your answer?
What numbers are you adding or subtracting? Can you use a drawing or manipulative to help you?
How does adding ten change a two‐digit number? How do you know?
What two numbers are we dealing with? How do you know?
What numbers are we comparing? Which symbol can you use to match your statement?
