This week in Maths we have been working hard to find different ways to make the totals.
We used Numicon to help us find lots of different ways to make 14.
Then we used used values between 11 and 20 and recorded our learning using balance scales. Our teachers challenged us to record our learning in a balanced equation.
In our next lesson we learnt how to use bead strings to help us find different ways to make a total. We worked hard to use addition and subtraction to make our totals. Some of us worked systematically to find all the ways to make our number using 2 parts. We also thought about how we could make each total using more than 2 parts.
We have also been thinking about how our knowledge of the number bonds to 10 can help us to work out the number bonds to 20.
How to help at home:
- Find all the ways to make a total. For example, 12 can be made of 1 and 11, 2, and 10, 3 and 9 etc.
- Play Hit the Button at home to practise your number bonds – Hit the Button – Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds
- Look out for teen numbers when out and about – how many more do you need to make 20?