Snoot and Fin count spaceships from the space station.
NARRATOR: Hello Snoot. Hello Fin.
BOTH: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: I see you鈥檙e at the space station.
Have you come to see the space ships?
SNOOT: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: How exciting! How many space ships can you see?
That鈥檚 1鈥 2鈥 3鈥 4 shuttles in the service area, 1鈥 2鈥 3 rockets in the docking bay and 1鈥 2 flying saucers in the loading area.
What a lot of different ships.
How many are there altogether?
SNOOT: Er鈥 Oo鈥
NARRATOR: Why don鈥檛 you start by adding the 4 shuttles and the 3 rockets?
4 add 3 equals 7.
Then take that 7 and add the 2 flying saucers.
7 add 2 equals 9.
FIN: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: Alright Fin, if you鈥檝e got another way of counting them up, be our guest.
Ah, I see.
You prefer to start by adding the 2 flying saucers and the 3 rockets.
2 add 3 equals 5.
Then we take that 5 and add the 4 shuttles.
5 add 4 equals 9 as well.
BOTH: Aha!
NARRATOR: That鈥檚 right, it doesn鈥檛 matter which pair of numbers you add together first: you could do 4 add 3 add 2, or 2 add 3 add 4, the answer鈥檚 just the same.
SNOOT: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: What鈥檚 that Snoot?
(LAZER SHOTS FIRED)
More space ships?
Oh dear, intergalactic raiders.
I think we may have lost one or two ships鈥
Which order is best?
It doesn't matter which order you add numbers in. The answer will always be the same. Use the order that is easiest for you.
Top tip
You might find it easiest to add number bonds first.
If you had to add 3+5+7, you might want to add 3+7 first to make 10.
Fin and Snoot add up some of their favourite snacks: space grubs and astro bugs.
Snoot and Fin rearrange numbers and make number bonds when adding moons.
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