Which ten is closer?
Draw a number line from 40 to 50 and put 47 on it. Ask: "Which ten is it closer to?" When kids see the halfway point, the "5 or more" rule stops being magic and starts making sense.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
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