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Addition Strategies Practice

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Addition Strategies Practice

Choose an efficient addition strategy: count on, bridge to the next ten or use number bonds. Show working where asked.

Choose a Strategy

1.What is 38 + 7?
  • 43
  • 45
  • 46
2.Which strategy is especially useful for calculating 9 + 6?
  • Count on from 9
  • Make a ten
  • Use a number bond to make 20
3.Use the number line to count on from 38 to find 38 + 7.
3839404142434445
4.Write all the pairs of whole numbers from this list that add to 10: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.

Addition in Everyday Situations

5.Hemi has $23 saved and adds $9 from a weekend job. How much does she have altogether?
6.A touch rugby team scores 27 points before half-time and 16 points afterwards. What is its final score?
7.At a café, a smoothie costs $4.80 and a toastie costs $7.20. What is the total cost?

Show Your Thinking

8.For the café total of $4.80 + $7.20, describe an addition strategy and explain why it is a good choice for these amounts.
9.Use the make-a-ten strategy to work out 56 + 28. Show how you split one addend and record the steps.

2 printable pages

  • Addition Strategies Practice, page 1 of 2: Choose a Strategy, Addition in Everyday Situations

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  • Addition Strategies Practice, page 2 of 2: Show Your Thinking

    Page 2

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