What are four ways we can put these numbers together?

Check out these pictures:

Here's the 15:

What does this picture give us?

We get two things!

and

Look at the colors and think about it!!
Remember to read what these things mean...

	means "3 chunks of 5"
	means "How many chunks of 5 are in 15?"

 

How else can we put these numbers together?

Here's the 15 again:

What does this picture give us?

We get two things!

and

Look at the colors and think about it!!
Remember to read what these things mean...

	means "5 chunks of 3"
	means "How many chunks of 3 are in 15?"

 

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OK, now let's take the colors away and see what we came up with!

Here are the numbers:

We can put them together four different ways!