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Dozen = 12

Activity

Experiment

Go get your math/grammar basket or sack.   It should be empty.

Go to your bedroom, the front room, and outside to pick up 12 nouns.  

Show your parents what you have picked up in each place.  

Count and name the items from each place for your parents.  

How many items do you have altogether?

Think of other places you can go to pick up 12 nouns.  Show your daddy and mama what you found.  Count and name your items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Do not put your nouns away.  You will need them shortly !

Special Note

Put 12 pence in a pile.  How many pennies do you have altogether?  

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Harry had 0 yo yos and Tom gave him 12 yo yos.  How many yo yos does Harry have now?

There were no tomato plants in the garden until the farmer planted a dozen.  How many tomato plants are in the garden?

There were 12 books on the shelf.  No one added any more books to the shelf.  How many books are on the shelf?

Aaron had 12 pennies.  No one gave him any more pennies.  How many pennies does Aaron have?

Activity

Color one square below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

Color eleven squares one color and the remaining square a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

Well done !

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them in two different piles.  One pile should have 11 nouns and the other pile should have one item.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

Make a pile of 11 pennies and a 1 penny pile.  How many pennies do you have altogether?  

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 1 penny.  How much change does this make?
Pile #2 = 1 penny.  
How much money do you have altogether?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

The parade horse was decorated with 1 red flower.  Emily put 11 more white flowers on the horse. How many flowers does the horse have now?

Joe installed one washing machine on Monday and 11 washing machines throughout the rest of the week.  How many washing machines did Joe install?

Allison had 11 marbles.  For Christmas Sarah gave her one more marble.  How many marbles does Allison have now?

Elisabeth picked up 11 pretty pebbles on the beach.  Nathan gave her another pretty pebble to add to Elisabeth's collection.  How many pretty pebbles does Elisabeth have?

Activity

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and put them in piles of twelve.

1)  Remove eleven nouns from this pile, how many items are left?

2)  Take away one noun from this pile, how many items are left?

Special Note

Make a pile of 12 pennies.  Take away 11 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 12 penny pile.  Remove 1 penny.  How many pence remain?  

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 1 penny.  How much change does this make?
Pile #2 = 1 penny.  
How much money do you have altogether?
Take away pile #1.  
How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Take away pile #2.  
How much money is left?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

There were 12 raw eggs in the egg carton.  Mama dropped one of the eggs on the floor.  How many raw eggs are left?

Twelve fluffy bunnies were hopping through the yard.  One fluffy bunny hopped away.  How many bunnies are left?

Eleven of the twelve monkeys at the zoo were climbing.  How many monkeys were not climbing?

Eleven of the 12 bears were brown the rest were black.  How many bears were black?

Activity

Color two squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

Color ten squares one color and the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them in two different piles.  One pile should have 10 nouns and the other pile should have two items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

Make two piles with your 12 pennies.  One pile should have 2 pence and the other pile should have ten pennies.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Put 1 dime alongside of 2 pennies.  How many cents do you have in all?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Joe had 10 barrels of apples.  Henry gave Joe two more barrels of apples.  How many barrels of apples does Joe have altogether?

As the spring rain was ending, 10 fat wiggly worms were on the sidewalk.  When the spring rain ended these 10 fat wiggly worms were joined by 2 more.  How many fat wiggly worms were there in all on the sidewalk?

There were 2 ants by the sugar cube that was left out on the porch.  Ten more ants joined them.  How many ants were by the sugar cube on the porch?

Cathe mended 2 quilts in the morning and 10 quilts throughout the week.  How many quilts did Cathe mend?

Activity

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and put them in piles of twelve.

1)  Remove two nouns from this pile, how many items are left?

2)  Take away ten items from this pile, how many nouns are left?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 12 pennies.  Take away 10 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 12 penny pile.  Remove 2 pennies.  How many pennies remain?  

Put 1dime alongside of two pennies.  How much do you have?  Take away the dime.  How many pennies are left?  Put the dime back.  Now take away the pennies.  How many cents are left?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Two of the dozen roses wilted.  How many roses did not wilt?

Twelve terrible tempestuous terrified teapots tested the tidiness of the tablecloth.  Two of the twelve terrible tempestuous terrified teapots thought it a tasteless and tedious task to test tablecloths and tramped away.  How many teapots are left?

There were a dozen chocolate chip cookies in the cookie jar.  When dad left the kitchen 10 of the chocolate chip cookies were mysteriously missing.  How many cookies are left?  (Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?)

There were 12 camels at the oasis.  Ten of the twelve camels had white blankets.  How many camels did not have white blankets?

Activity

Color three squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

Color nine squares one color and the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them in to different piles.

1)  One pile should have 9 nouns and the other pile should have three items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

2)   One pile should have 3 items and the other pile should have nine nouns. How many items do you have altogether?

Special Note

Put 9 pennies in one pile and 3 pennies in another pile.  How many pence do you have altogether? 

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 4 pennies.  How much money do you have in the first pile?  
Pile #2 = 3 pennies.  
How much money do you have in both piles?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

There were 3 horses in the corral.  The cowboy led in 9 more horses.  How many horses are there altogether in the corral?

The Keller family drove 3 hours before lunch and 9 hours after lunch.  How many hours did they drive altogether?

Nathan went to church at 9 in the morning.  He returned home 3 hours later.  What time did Nathan get home?

Nine ducks were in the pond with three ducklings.  How many waterbirds were there in all in the pond?

Activity

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and put them in piles of twelve.

1)  Remove three nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?

2)  Take away nine nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 12 pennies.  If you take away 9 pennies, how many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 12 penny pile.  Remove 3 pennies.  How many pennies remain?  

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 4 pennies.  How much money do you have in the first pile?  
Pile #2 = 3 pennies.  
How much money do you have in both piles?  
Remove pile #1.  
How much money remains?  
Restore pile #1.  
Take away pile #2.  
How much money is left?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Twelve knights were to be in a joust.  A problem arose when 3 of the knights slept late.  How many knights are up and ready for the joust?

Twelve candles were on the birthday cake.  With her first breath, Jill blew out 3 of the candles.  How many birthday candles are still alight?

The Jones family used pinecones to start fires in the fireplace.  They used 9 of 12 cones.  How many pine cones are left?

Rachel picked a dozen daisies for her mama.  Unfortunately, 9 of the daisies were bug ridden.  How many daisies did not have bugs?

Activity

Color four squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

Color eight squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them.  One pile should have 4 nouns and the other pile should have eight items.  How many items do you have altogether?

Special Note

Make two piles with your 12 pennies.  One pile should have 8 pennies and the other pile should have 4 pennies.  How many pennies do you have altogether?  

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 3 pennies.  How much money is in this pile?  
Pile #2 = 4 pennies.  
How much money do you have altogether?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Four ships were in the harbor in the morning.  In the afternoon, 8 more ships came in the harbor. How many ships are in the harbor?

The archeologist found 4 jars and later found 8 ancient coins.  How many finds did the archeologists make?

In the cathedral's stained glass window there were 8 glass panes that were blue and 4 that were red. How many glass panes were there in all?

William Tell shot 8 arrows at the target on his first turn.  With his next turn to shoot at the target, he shot 4 more arrows.  All of his shots were bullseyes.  How many arrows did William Tell shoot?

Activity

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and put them in piles of twelve.  If you remove four nouns from this pile, how many items are left?  If you remove eight items from this pile of 12 nouns, how many items are left?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 12 pennies.  Take away 8 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 12 penny pile.  Remove 4 pennies.  How many pennies remain?

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 3 pennies.
Pile #2 = 4 pennies.
How much money do you have altogether?
Remove pile #1.
How much is left?
Restore pile #1.
Take away pile #2. 
How much remains?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Dick Tracey nabbed 4 of the 12 criminals he was hunting.  How many more criminals does Dick Tracey have to nab?

Nathan had 12 toy trucks.  He lost 4 of them.  How many toy trucks does Nathan have left?

The children looked at 8 of the 12 bugs they caught in their wading swimming pool under the microscope.  How many more bugs will the children look at under the microscope?

Eight of the dozen strawberries were eaten.  How many strawberries are left?

Activity

Color five squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color. How many squares did you color?

Color seven squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and sort them.  One pile should have 5 nouns and the other pile should have seven items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

With your twelve pennies, make a pile of 5 pennies and a pile of 7 pennies.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Make a pile of 1 nickel and seven pence.  How many cents do you have?

Pile #1 = 1 nickel
Pile #2 = 1 nickel and 2 pennies.  
How much money does each pile have?  
How much money do both piles make?

Do you remember ...

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

There were 5 chocolates on Emily's plate.  Emily did not think this was nearly enough and put 7 more chocolates on her plate.  How many chocolates does Emily have?

Five bells were gold.  Seven bells were silver.  How many bells were there in all?

There was a church picnic on the weekend.  Anne made 7 sandwiches and Isabel made 5 more sandwiches. How many sandwiches did Anne and Isabel make altogether?

Seven of the boys had red T-shirts and 5 boys had orange T-shirts.  How many boys were there?

Activity

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and put them in piles of twelve.  Remove five nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?  Remake your pile of twelve.  Take away seven nouns.  How many items remain?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 12 pennies.  Take away 5 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile?  Remove 7 pennies from your pile of 12 pennies.  How many remain in the pile?

Pile #1 = 1 nickel
Pile #2 = seven pence.  
How many cents do you have?  
Remove pile #1.  
How many pence remain?  
Restore pile #1.  
Take away pile #2.  
How much money remains?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Twelve cars were in the parking lot.  Five were red.  How many cars were not red?

The kitten ruined 5 of the 12 fancy feathers.  How many of the fancy feathers were not wrecked?

Hannah made a beautiful beaded necklace.  Seven of the twelve beads were a bright blue.  How many beads were not a bright blue?

Twelve kites were flying in the sky.  Seven of the kites came crashing to the ground.  How many kites are still in the sky?

Activity

Color six squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color. How many squares did you color?

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and sort them.  One pile should have 6 nouns and the other pile should have six items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

With your twelve pennies, make two piles of 6 pennies each.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 1 penny.  
Pile #2 = 1 nickel and 1 penny.
How many cents are in each pile?  
How many cents do you have altogether?

Do you remember ...

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

At knot making practice, six of the boys tied a reef knot and 6 of the boys tied an overhand knot.  How many knots did the boys tie?

Leigh Ann knitted 6 pink sweaters and Matalyn knitted 6 purple sweaters.  How many sweaters did they knit in all?

Activity

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and put them in piles of twelve.  Remove six nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?  

Special Note

Make a pile with your 12 pennies.  Take away 6 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile?  

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 1 penny.
Pile #2 = 1 nickel and 1 penny.    
How much money is in each pile?  
How many cents do both piles make altogether?  
Remove pile #1.  
How many cents remain?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Practice

Six of the twelve pheasants were asleep.  How many pheasants were awake?

Twelve starfish were in the aquarium.  Six were red.  How many were orange?

Review

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Repeat the Math Family combinations you just learned !!

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