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Addition and Subtraction Strategies
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Addition and Subtraction Strategies
Choose a strategy that makes sense. Show your working where asked.
Pick a strategy
1.What is 8 + 7?
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
2.Which strategy is most direct for working out 18 − 4?
- Count back 4 from 18
- Double 18
- Make 18 into 20
- Count up from 4 to 18
3.Use a doubles fact to find 7 + 7 + 1.
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
4.Aisha has 34 stickers and gives 8 away. How many stickers does she have now?
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 42
Show your working
5.Work out 9 + 6 by making 10 first. Show how you split one of the numbers.
6.Harrison collects 60 shells and gives 27 to a friend. How many shells remain? Show two different ways to work it out.
7.Fill in each missing number: 40 + = 57; 53 − = 30; + 16 = 42.
8.Explain how addition can help you solve a subtraction problem. Give an example using 45 − 19.
Use maths in everyday situations
9.A book costs $28 and a drink costs $16. If Aria pays with $60, how much change should she get?
10.I am thinking of a number below 60. When 9 is taken away, the answer is 38. What is my number? Explain how you found it.
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