Step by step
The question
Question: what comes before 31?
What comes before 31?
We write it in numbers.
The box is the number we want.
= □, 31
1 Find 31
Here is a number line.
2 Go one step left
We land on 30.
3 Write the number
So before 31 comes 30.
= 30, 31
4 Check
We check it the other way.
After 30 comes 31.
Yes!
It works.
After 30 comes 31
Let's look back.
First: find 31.
Then: go one step left.
Then: write the number.
Last: check.
Answer
= 30, 31