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Addition Strategies Practice

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Addition Strategies Practice

Mathematical addition symbols and numbers

🧮 Part 1: Choose Your Strategy

Remember the three strategies: Counting On, Making Ten, Number Bonds

1. What is 27 + 6?

31

33

35

2. Which strategy works best for 8 + 5?

Counting On

Making Ten

Number Bonds

3. Calculate 29 + 8 =

Answer: __________

4. Which number bonds make 10? (Tick all that apply)

7 + 3

6 + 4

5 + 4

8 + 2

💰 Part 2: Real-Life Problems

5. Sarah has $16. She earns $7 more from chores. How much money does she have now?

Answer: $ __________

6. In a rugby match, the home team scored 24 points in the first half and 18 points in the second half. What was their total score?

Answer: __________ points

7. At the school shop, you buy a drink for $3.50 and a sandwich for $6.50. What is the total cost?

Answer: $ __________

🤔 Part 3: Explain Your Thinking

8. Choose one problem from Part 2. Explain which addition strategy you used and why it worked well.
9. Show how to solve 47 + 25 using the "making ten" strategy. Draw or write your steps.

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