Level 1 · Mathematics M1.3

Adding and taking away

Put groups together, take some away, and write down what you did.

Planned. This book is not written yet. Below is its plan, which a teacher can already use.

You are ready for this book if

You can say the number one more than 9 and one less than 9.

One step up M2.2 Adding and taking away big numbers
This book M1.3 Adding and taking away

The plan

M1.3.1 Putting together
- Act out an adding story with stones or beans
- Count on from the bigger number to add
M1.3.2 Taking away
- Take some away and count how many are left
- Count back to take away within 10
- Find how many more one group has than another
M1.3.3 Writing +, − and =
- Write an adding story as 3 + 2 = 5
- Write a taking away story as 5 − 2 = 3
- Read the = sign as 'is the same as'
M1.3.4 Pairs to 10 and doubles
- Find all the pairs of numbers that make 10
- Double any number up to 10
- Use a pair that makes 10 to work out 8 + 5
M1.3.5 Adding and taking away to 20
- Add two numbers with a total up to 20
- Take away within 20 by going back to 10 first
- Find the missing number in 7 + □ = 12
M1.3.6 Adding tens
- Add and take away whole tens, like 40 + 30
- Work out sums like 34 + 5 and 62 + 7

For parents and teachers

Level 1 fits learners who can already: listen to a story. count a few things. In many schools that is about 5 to 7, but start wherever the learner is.

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