5 = 2 + 3
We have five yummy cookies. Let's break them into two groups!
Here are our five cookies. Let's count them: one, two, three, four, five.
How can we share these cookies between two friends?
Let's put some on the left side and some on the right side.
On the left, we have two cookies. Two!
On the right, we have three cookies. Three!
So five is the same as two plus three. We can write it like this.
We broke five into two parts: two and three. Great job!