Additive thinking resources

Students perform addition calculations based on information given in a table.

Students add the numbers shown on three dice.

Students answer questions that involve adding two or three numbers.

Students answer questions that involve subtracting numbers.

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

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 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 addition and subtraction to work out costs related to the purchase of grocery items.

Students use all addition and subtraction operations to perform calculations.

Students estimate a subtraction problem, share their methods, discuss the rounding one number method, and then do more problems by rounding one number.

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 select the answer for two subtraction problems, select which one they thought was easier, and explain their reasons for this.

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.