Question

There are 3 yellow buckets and 6 yellow spades. The image below shows the total number of blue buckets and spades. Which item is more in number, the total number of buckets or spades?

• A. Spades
• B. Buckets
• C. Yellow buckets
  
• D. Both spades and buckets are the same in number.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both spades and buckets are the same in number.

Solution: Option D

Say: Let’s read the question.

Ask:
What information do we get from the question?
Ans: There are 3 yellow buckets and 6 yellow spades.

What information do we get from the image?
Ans: There are 5 blue spades and 8 blue buckets.

What do we need to find out?
Ans: We need to find out the items that are more in number, buckets or spades.

How can we find the total number of buckets?
Ans: By adding the number of blue and yellow buckets.

What is the total?
Ans: 11

What is the total number of spades?
Ans: $6+5=11$

Which items are more in number?
Ans: Both the items are the same in number.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

WB: If required, use the whiteboard to draw the complete number frame for each type of item and write the equation.