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Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to hunt for the mistake in adding two 2-digit numbers using a decomposition strategy. Use visual models to solve one-step word problems using a step-by-step problem-solving process. Choose which strategy you will use to solve the problem.

Math Mights was adapted from IM K-5 Math™ ©2021 by Illustrative Mathematics®, released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Additions and adaptations are ©2021 by Strategic Intervention Solutions, LLC.

Related Standards: MI.Math.Content.2.NBT.B.5, MI.Math.Content.2.OA.A.1

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