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Adding Across Tens
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Adding Across Tens
Bridge to the next ten: split the number you are adding, use part of it to reach the next ten, then add what is left. Show your working where space is provided.
Bridge to the next ten
Split the amount being added so you can reach the next multiple of ten first.
1.Work out 28 + 5. First add ___ to reach 30, then add the remaining ___ to find the total.
2.Work out 36 + 7. How much must you add to 36 to reach 40, and how much is left to add?
3.Use a bridge through the next ten to calculate 47 + 6. Write the two additions and the total.
4.Calculate 58 + 5 by bridging through 60. Show how you split 5.
Quick-fire additions
Find each total. Try using the bridge-to-ten method in your head.
5.Calculate 19 + 4.
6.Calculate 67 + 6.
7.Calculate 38 + 5.
8.Calculate 74 + 8.
9.Calculate 49 + 7.
10.Calculate 86 + 7.
Think about your strategy
Explain, choose, and match to show what you understand about bridging tens.
11.Jacob works out 46 + 8 by adding 4 to reach 50, then adding the 4 still left. Explain why this gives the correct total.
12.Which is a useful way to calculate 58 + 4?
- Subtract 4 from 58.
- Add 2 to reach 60, then add the 2 left over.
- Add 10 to 58, then subtract 4.
- Use 58 as the answer.
13.Match each addition to its total.
- 27 + 5
- 39 + 4
- 56 + 6
- 68 + 7
- 43
- 75
- 32
- 62
14.A basket has 198 apples. Another 7 apples are added. Use a bridge through the next ten to find the new total.
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