Equal-group stories represent small collections as a specified number of groups containing the same number of objects, generally with totals no greater than 20. The learner determines the total by combining equal quantities, repeated addition, skip-counting, or a drawing that shows the groups, while distinguishing equal groups from groups of different sizes; this understanding prepares for multiplication and division, without requiring formal symbols or larger, more general cases.
Equal groups have the same number of objects in each group.
To find the total:
Example:
There are baskets. Each basket has apples. How many apples are there altogether?
Draw the equal groups:
Each basket has apples, so add three times:
There are apples altogether.
The groups are equal because every basket has apples.
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