Me: That 'not wanting to think about them all' is why we use the letters. They hold the place of numbers so we can look for patterns. Z: But I don't see a pattern Me: let's look at a different sentence okay? What's 1+2? Z: 3 Me: and what's 2+3? Z: 5 Me: what's 3+4? Z: 7 Me: notice anything? Z:

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Z: I see the answers counting by 2s Me: do you think that will always happen if we add 2 numbers beside each other on the number line? Z: maaaaybe Me: let's use letters to look. Use 2+3. If we replace 2 with A how can we write that sentence? Z: A+3 Me: can we write 3 another way using 2? Z: 2+1=3