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Year 1 · Maths
Solve Add Subtract Problems To 20
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Focus on solving addition and subtraction word problems to 20. Start with “Find the Missing Number Using Addition or Subtraction”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 1 learners practise solving addition and subtraction word problems to 20.
The activities include Find the Missing Number Using Addition or Subtraction, Add The Missing Number, Add up to 20 With Pictures, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching-practice, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Find the Missing Number Using Addition or Subtraction
- Add The Missing Number
- Add up to 20 With Pictures
- Find the Missing Number
- Find the Missing Number Using Addition or Subtraction
- Find the Missing Number Using Inverse Operation
- Practise Adding and Subtracting Ten (0 - 100)
- Practise Adding Two Numbers Quickly
- Practise Addition
- Practise Subtracting Numbers Up to 20 Using Pictures
- Practise Working Out Missing Numbers: 0 to 20
- Solve Subtraction Word Problems
- Solve Word Problems Using Addition and Subtraction
- Understand How to Add or Subtract Ten (0-55)
- Use Pictures to Subtract Numbers Up to 20
- Work Out Missing Numbers
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Missing Number Addition and Subtraction Problems within 20 | KS1 Maths Concept Video
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Interpret and Represent Addition Stories
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Interpret and Represent Subtraction Stories
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Add and Subtract 10
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Create Addition and Subtraction Stories
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PlanIt Maths Year 1 Addition and Subtraction Lesson Pack 35: Find Missing Numbers with Addition and Subtraction within 20
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Transport Trace Count and Add to 20 Worksheet
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Picture Problems Challenge Cards
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PlanIt Maths Year 1 Addition and Subtraction Lesson Pack 34: Find Missing Numbers with Subtraction within 20
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10 More, 10 Less Worksheet
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Addition to 20
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Addition within 20 with a Number Line Activity Sheets
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Addition and Subtraction to 20 Word Problem Activity Sheets
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Addition and Subtraction to 20 Word Problem Challenge Cards
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Christmas 10 More and 10 Less Activity Sheet
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Subtraction by Crossing Out Pictures Maths Activity Sheets
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Y1 Gaps in Number Sentences PlanIt Maths Lesson Pack
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Subtracting with a Part-Whole Model
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