What is equal?

Equal means the same amount, just like when you and your friend both have two cookies, and you both get to eat the same number.

Imagine you're playing with blocks. If you build a tower with four blocks, and your friend builds another tower with four blocks, then your towers are equal, they’re the same height!

• When you share toys, if you each have three toy cars, that’s equal too.
• Think of it like sharing candy: if you both get five pieces, you're getting the same amount.

You can count them, line them up, or even stack them, as long as there's no more or no less on one side than the other, they’re equal. It’s like having the same number of steps in a staircase, each step is the same size, and you go up the same way! Equal means the same amount, just like when you and your friend both have two cookies, and you both get to eat the same number.

Imagine you're playing with blocks. If you build a tower with four blocks, and your friend builds another tower with four blocks, then your towers are equal, they’re the same height!