Step by step
The question
Question: what number is between 59 and 61?
What number is between 59 and 61?
We write it in numbers.
The box is the number we want.
= 59, □, 61
1 Find both numbers
Here is a number line.
2 Look between them
Between means in the middle.
The number in the middle is 60.
3 Write the number
So 60 is between 59 and 61.
= 59, 60, 61
Careful!
After 9 ones, the ones start again at 0.
The tens go up by 1.
Careful: 59 → 60: the ones start again at 0
4 Check
After 59 comes 60.
After 59 comes 60
Before 61 comes 60.
Yes!
It works.
Before 61 comes 60
Let's look back.
First: find both numbers.
Then: look between them.
Then: write the number.
Last: check.
Answer
= 59, 60, 61