How can a number be like 5?

Today we had a lot of fun doing an investigation around the number 5! Part of the grade one curriculum looks at how numbers can be compared to the anchors of 5 and 10.

Here is today's investigation and some of the work we did!

A few students from Mrs. Howard’s class were playing with gogos at recess.

Amey had 7 gogos.

Joey had 5 gogos.

Ben had 8 gogos.

Courtney had 6 gogos.

Joey tells the others that each person has an amount of gogos that is ‘like 5’. 

How are 7, 8, and 6 like 5?

What other numbers can be 'like 5'? What makes the number 5 special?