This Kidspiration template can be used to help students develop their understanding of equivalence. A natural extension of this activity could involve asking students to write numeric expressions that correspond to the picture. In the attached example, encourage students to write as many equations as they can to describe the picture (3+3+3+3=4+4+4, 3 x 4 = 4 x 3, etc.). How many different pictures and equations can they make?

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