Additive thinking resources

For this NEMP task students perform a range of addition and subtraction calculations using whole numbers and decimals.

Students work out the change from given amounts of money for different purchases.

Students calculate addition and subtraction problems, written in decimal form, for city populations.

Students work out the difference in distances of throws and jumps of various athletic events.

Students solve subtraction word problems.

Students demonstrate their understanding of the order of operations and placing brackets.

Students calculate the amount of money shown by diagrams of coins, then calculate change given when some of the money is spent.

Students write addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division story problems for given car advertisements.

Students use all addition and subtraction operations to perform calculations.

Students complete addition and subtraction equations that explore part-whole relationships.

Students calculate scores for teams at a school swimming sports.

Students count amounts of money involving coins and notes.

Students read temperatures on thermometers and identify where changes of temperature would be marked.

Students answer questions that ask them to add and subtract several numbers.

Students use number lines to show how to solve 2-digit whole number addition problems.

Students use a number line to show how to solve whole number subtraction problems.

Students work out the number of covered counters on a 10 x 10 array.

Students identify the coins that make up specified amounts of money.

Students complete addition and subtraction story problems using the vertical algorithm.

Students answer questions that involve adding, and subtracting several numbers.

Students answer questions involving negative numbers about rising and falling water levels.

Students demonstrate their understanding of order of operations by explaining how a correct answer is calculated.

Students perform calculations using the times taken to carry out a range of fitness activities.

For this NEMP task students use addition and division to solve story problems.

For this NEMP task students work out how many cows will be in a cattle yard from a story written in comic form.