I saw many students starting with two numbers that would add to 11, and moving to 3 numbers, 4 numbers, and even 5! Other groups went searching for the answers using random numbers and adding on. One group even used the manipulative blocks and solved their problems out that way! I had manipulatives available to all the groups, and it was very interesting to see which students and groups gravitated to those and which groups did not. All the groups ended up getting many different ways to get to 11 but others went above and beyond and got even combinations I did not think of, which was impressive! I learned that children are going to start from different points and might even start a problem the way their partner wants to try it and may end up understanding their way better! I also learned that you should not give very many hints because the students will often become dependent on those hints and keep asking for more so they can “win!”