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Grade 3 · Addition

Camp equipment: combine hundreds and regroup the total

At a day camp, a first group contains 465 camp tokens and another group brings 130 camp tokens. Change the controls and explain what the animation reveals.

Predict what will happen, press Play, then pause and explain what changed. Every control also works without playback.

Watch the relationship

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Camp equipment: combine hundreds and regroup the total. Starting amount: 465. Joined so far: 0. Current total: 465465 + 0 = 4650595465combined so farKeep the first part; add only the part that arrives.
The quantities are invented for this investigation. Controls change the model rather than real-world records. Displayed decimals are rounded; whole-number counts are exact.

Starts paused. Play once, pause anywhere, or use Step to inspect the mathematics. Playback stops when this panel leaves the screen.

Make it your experiment

Change one value. Notice what follows.

The controls adjust the model. Numbers below describe the current frame. Decimals are rounded.

Starting amount
465
Joined so far
0
Current total
465

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Understand what you are seeing

The idea behind the motion.

At a day camp, a first group contains 465 camp tokens and another group brings 130 camp tokens. Addition joins two disjoint groups. Keep the starting group in the count while the second group arrives; the result includes every object from both groups. The final 595 can be checked by removing the 130 arrivals and recovering 465. For larger totals the bars summarize quantities rather than drawing every object.

A relationship to keep

465 + 130 = 595

Read the symbols alongside the explanation. A diagram shows the relationship; the assumptions tell you when it applies.

  1. STEP 1

    Read the starting situation

    At a day camp, a first group contains 465 camp tokens and another group brings 130 camp tokens. Identify what each number measures before changing a control; the worked example refers to these starting values.

  2. STEP 2

    Follow the mathematical change

    Scrub from no arrivals to all arrivals. The current total grows by the number of objects that have joined so far. Pause on an intermediate frame and compare the picture with the live readouts.

  3. STEP 3

    Explain and test the relationship

    The final 595 can be checked by removing the 130 arrivals and recovering 465. For larger totals the bars summarize quantities rather than drawing every object. Change one input, predict its effect, and test whether the same relationship still works.

Your turn to explain

Make a prediction. Test your reasoning.

Camp equipment: use the original situation. At a day camp, a first group contains 465 camp tokens and another group brings 130 camp tokens. If one extra object joins the second group, what is the final total?

Use the values specified in the question. Reset restores the initial values for this investigation.

Compare your explanation

465 + (130 + 1) = 596. One additional arrival increases the total by one.

Work through a full lesson

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