2+2=__       9+2=__

8+2=__       6+6=__

10+4=__    

12+6=__

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Once there was a little boy named Magic Jackson. He loved sports just as much as he loved school, but he always seemed to have a hard time when it came to learning math. He didn't seem to understand what the teacher was trying to teach them. One afternoon, the teacher thought there could be another way to help Jackson and the other students learn math, so they grabbed a ball and went to the court outside.

As class began all Jackson had on his mind was that he would never be able to get addition down. Eager to learn he headed for the door with the rest of the class to see what Mrs. A had up her sleeve.

 Once outside, Mrs. A had the students sit along the baseline while she gave instuctions to what  they will be doing in order to learn how to add while playing basketball. Before they got into the game she asked the students to look at the rack of balls and tell her how many there were by using addition.  Jackson saw that there was 4 on each row so he started to add  4+4+4. After adding them up he raised his hand and told Mrs. A that the rack had 12 balls on it.