Step by step
The question
Question: what number is between 4 and 6?
What number is between 4 and 6?
We write it in numbers.
The box is the number we want.
= 4, □, 6
1 Find both numbers
Here is a number line.
2 Look between them
Between means in the middle.
The number in the middle is 5.
3 Write the number
So 5 is between 4 and 6.
= 4, 5, 6
4 Check
After 4 comes 5.
After 4 comes 5
Before 6 comes 5.
Yes!
It works.
Before 6 comes 5
Let's look back.
First: find both numbers.
Then: look between them.
Then: write the number.
Last: check.
Answer
= 4, 5, 6