How Does Meet the Math Facts Addition & Subtraction - 4+10=14 Work?

It’s like you’re putting together pieces of your favorite puzzle, but instead of pictures, you're using numbers and operations.

Imagine you have 4 toy cars in one hand and 10 toy cars in the other. When you put them all together on the floor, you count them one by one: 1, 2, 3... until you get to 14, that’s how many toy cars you have total! That's what 4 + 10 = 14 means.

Think of it like playing a game where you collect candies. You start with 4 candies, and then you find 10 more candies hidden under the couch. When you put them all in your candy jar, you count again, 1, 2, 3..., until you reach 14 candies total!

When you see "+", it means "put together." So 4 + 10 is like saying, “I have 4 things, and then I get 10 more.” When you do that, you're doing addition, a way to find out how many things you have all together.

If you ever want to take some away instead of adding, that’s subtraction, and it works just like taking candies from your jar, one by one! It’s like you’re putting together pieces of your favorite puzzle, but instead of pictures, you're using numbers and operations.

Imagine you have 4 toy cars in one hand and 10 toy cars in the other. When you put them all together on the floor, you count them one by one: 1, 2, 3... until you get to 14, that’s how many toy cars you have total! That's what 4 + 10 = 14 means.