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Additive Strategies Practice
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Additive Strategies Practice
🎯 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!
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