Additive Strategies Practice

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🎯 WALT: Use additive strategies (compensation, partitioning, number lines)

Success Criteria:

✓ I can solve addition/subtraction using an efficient strategy
✓ I can show my thinking clearly on a number line

1. Choose the BEST strategy for solving 47 + 29:

Count on 29 from 47

Add 30, then subtract 1 (compensation)

Break into 40 + 7 + 20 + 9 (partitioning)

2. Which strategies work well for 83 - 18? (Tick all that apply)

Subtract 20, then add 2 (compensation)

Count back 18 from 83

Use a number line

Break 83 into 80 + 3 (partitioning)

3. Complete this compensation strategy: 56 + 38 = 56 + 40 - ____

🔢 Strategy Practice

4. Solve 74 + 27 using compensation. Show your working:

5. Use partitioning to solve 65 - 23. Break the numbers into tens and ones:

65 = ____ + ____

23 = ____ + ____

Answer: ________

6. Draw a number line to show 42 + 19. Mark your jumps clearly:

7. Extension: Use any strategy to solve 156 + 98. Explain why you chose that strategy:

🧠 Strategy Reflection

8. Which strategy do you find easiest for adding? Why?

9. Challenge: Create your own subtraction problem that would work well with compensation. Solve it:

Dyslexia-friendly tip: Use coloured pens to highlight tens and ones when partitioning!

Additive Strategies Practice

Additive Strategies Practice

🎯 WALT: Use additive strategies (compensation, partitioning, number lines)

Success Criteria:

🔢 Strategy Practice

🧠 Strategy Reflection

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