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Addition Strategies Practice

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Addition Strategies Practice

Students solving math problems with mental strategies

🧠 Part 1: Choose Your Strategy

I can use mental math strategies to add two-digit numbers.

1. Solve 24 + 26. Which strategy will you use?

Doubling (24 + 24 + 2)

Making tens (24 + 20 + 6)

Count on

My answer: _______

2. Solve 37 + 45 using making tens strategy.

My answer: _______

3. Find 33 + 33 using doubling.

I know that 33 + 33 = _______

Explain: Double 33 means ________________________________

4. Solve 28 + 17. Break apart the numbers to make tens.

28 + 17 = 28 + _____ + _____ = _____ + _____ = _____

📝 Part 2: Show Your Thinking

I can explain how I solve addition problems using different strategies.

5. Maya has 46 stickers. Her friend gives her 38 more stickers. How many stickers does Maya have now?

Maya has _______ stickers.

I solved this by: ________________________________________________

6. At the school fair, 29 people bought tickets in the morning and 35 people bought tickets in the afternoon. How many tickets were sold in total?

_______ tickets were sold.

My strategy: ___________________________________________________

7. Choose the best strategy for each problem. Write D for Doubling, T for Making Tens, or H for Making Hundreds.

_____ 25 + 25

_____ 67 + 45

_____ 39 + 21

_____ 44 + 46

🌟 Part 3: Strategy Reflection

I can choose and explain a mental addition strategy that works for me.

8. Which mental math strategy do you like best?

Doubling

Making tens

Making hundreds

9. Explain why this strategy works well for you:
10. Challenge: Create your own addition problem and solve it using two different strategies.

My problem: _____ + _____ = _____

Strategy 1: ___________________________________________________

Strategy 2: ___________________________________________________

Which strategy was easier? Why? ________________________________

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