standard_description: Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings (Drawings need not show details, but should show the mathematics in the problem. (This applies wherever drawings are mentioned in the Standards.)), sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Simplify
$${\sqrt{8}+5\sqrt{2}}$$
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Problem 2
Write a radical addition or subtraction problem that cannot be simplified, and explain why it cannot be simplified.


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