Step by step
The question
Question: what comes after 12?
What comes after 12?
We write it in numbers.
The box is the number we want.
= 12, □
1 Find 12
Here is a number line.
2 Go one step right
We land on 13.
3 Write the number
So after 12 comes 13.
= 12, 13
4 Check
We check it the other way.
Before 13 comes 12.
Yes!
It works.
Before 13 comes 12
Let's look back.
First: find 12.
Then: go one step right.
Then: write the number.
Last: check.
Answer
= 12, 13