Juan says, "When you put together unequal groups, you can only add." Is he correct?
When you put together unequal groups can you only add
yes
yes
To determine if Juan's statement is correct, we need to consider the concept of adding unequal groups.
When adding groups, whether they are equal or not, we are combining them to get a total. Whether the groups are equal or not does not restrict us from performing addition.
For example, let's say we have two groups of apples: Group A with 3 apples and Group B with 5 apples. If we want to find the total number of apples, we add the number of apples in each group: 3 + 5 = 8.
In this case, the groups (3 and 5) are unequal, but we can still use addition to find the total. So, Juan's statement is incorrect. When combining unequal groups, we can indeed use addition to get the total.