Do you mean the new tab (+) button?

Open the Customize window and set which toolbar items to display.

• "3-bar" Firefox menu button > Customize

• if missing items are in the Customize palette then drag them back from the Customize window on the toolbar
• if you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the Customize palette then click the "Restore Defaults" button to restore the default toolbar setup

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars

when i am on a page and click the number to go to the next page, it opens in a new tab

Some pages do this by default.

how do i make it so when i am on a page i can right click the mouse and make the link open in new tab?

Right click and select New Tab or Click with the Middle Mouse.

no the new blank tab page that opens along with the home page. I have the new tab button. but when i open firefox i want the home page tab and the new blank tab page with the tiles to open. thanks

In Settings>General, you can set your home page and what pages display when Firefox starts. Tell Firefox to show your home page when it starts, and enter your webpages into the home page area.

To open multiple tabs, separate the websites with |

will this show the new tab with the tiles? so i can click on a tile and go to the site? thanks

The new tab with the tiles is about:newtab. To get your homepage and the new tab page, put this into your homepage setting:

www.yourhomepage.com | about:newtab

thank you I get it now. But silly question, where is the pipe sysmbol on the key board?

The pipe symbol (|) is usually located as the Shift variant of the forward slash (\) above the Enter key. On British keyboards it can be at the left.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards