Question

Paula has 3 crayons. Amanda has 1 more crayon than Paula. How many crayons do they have in all? Use a doubles-plus 1 fact to write an equation for the problem.

Answer 1

Let's start by determining how many crayons Amanda has. Since Paula has 3 crayons and Amanda has 1 more crayon than Paula, we can find Amanda's crayons like this:

Amanda's crayons = Paula's crayons + 1
Amanda's crayons = 3 + 1 = 4

Now we know Paula has 3 crayons and Amanda has 4 crayons. To find the total number of crayons they have together, we can write an equation.

Using a doubles-plus 1 fact:
Total crayons = Paula's crayons + Amanda's crayons
Total crayons = 3 + 4

Now we can add these together:
Total crayons = 3 + 4 = 7

So, Paula and Amanda have a total of **7 crayons**.