**Step 1:** Imagine you have 9 🍎 apples.
Group 1:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(5 apples)
Add ➕
**Step 2:** Now imagine you add 5 more 🍎 apples.
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(5 apples)
Group 2:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(9 apples)
=
**Step 3:** Count all the apples together:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(9 apples)
Total:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(14 apples)
🎉 Great! $9 + 5 = 14$ apples!🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(14 apples)