Tins and Buns = Tens and Ones: Return of the Ten Frames

Okay, now I’m going to tell you a secret: tins and buns are like tens and ones! Instead of a tins place, we have a tens place, and instead of a buns place, we have a ones place.

Wait, but that was fun—we were doing math that whole time?

Tins and buns or tens and ones, it all works exactly the same way! Just pretend that the ten frames are muffin tins, and you’ll do great!

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These 2s mean two different things!

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and by the way, 20 + 2 = 22, too!

Boy, I guess you just can’t trust numbers!