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Adding Adders: Fact Families

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Adding Adders: Fact Families

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🔢 Part 1: Array Fact Families

Instructions: Look at each addition array. Write the complete fact family using the numbers you see.

1. Array: 3 rows of 4 dots each (3 × 4 = 12)

Addition facts: 4 + 4 + 4 = _____ and _____ + _____ = _____

Subtraction facts: 12 - 4 = _____ and 12 - 8 = _____

2. Array: 2 rows of 6 dots each (2 × 6 = 12)

Addition facts: 6 + 6 = _____ and _____ + _____ = _____

Subtraction facts: _____ - _____ = 6 and _____ - _____ = 6

3. Array: 5 rows of 3 dots each (5 × 3 = 15)

Addition facts: _________________ and _________________

Subtraction facts: _________________ and _________________

🧩 Part 2: Missing Numbers in Fact Families

Instructions: Use your knowledge of inverse operations to fill in the missing numbers.

4. Complete this fact family for the number 14:

7 + _____ = 14

_____ + 7 = 14

14 - 7 = _____

14 - _____ = 7

5. Complete this fact family for the number 18:

9 + _____ = 18

_____ + 9 = 18

18 - _____ = 9

18 - 9 = _____

6. Which number completes all these equations?

6

8

10

12

5 + _____ = 13 and 13 - 5 = _____

💭 Part 3: Understanding Inverse Operations

7. Draw an array to show 4 + 4 + 4 = 12, then write the related subtraction facts:

Subtraction facts: _________________ and _________________

8. Explain in your own words: How does knowing that 6 + 7 = 13 help you solve 13 - 6 = ?
9. Create your own fact family using the numbers 5, 9, and 14:
10. Circle the facts you can recall automatically (without counting):

8 + 8 = 16

7 + 6 = 13

15 - 8 = 7

9 + 4 = 13

12 - 5 = 7

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