Additive thinking resources

Students use given information to solve a problem using a Venn diagram.

Student solve addition problems where the missing value is located in different positions. This may mean that students transform the problem into a subtraction one. Students reflect on the easiest and hardest problems, and explain their choice.

Students explain why a range of students' answers to a maths problem are incorrect.

This task requires students to estimate some addition problems using any appropriate method.

This task requires students to estimate some addition problems using any appropriate method.

Students identify fractions that are greater than a half, explain their reasoning, and identify how far from half some fractions are.

Students solve addition story problems involving numbers of different magnitude to explore their place value understanding.

Students solve addition maths problems and show their strategy for working it out.

This task requires students to estimate some addition problems using any appropriate method.

Students solve subtraction maths problems and show their strategy for working it out.

Students complete a timetable by adding on the time taken for each task.

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food.

Students work out how much time some bus trips take.

Different selections are made from a canteen menu that will cost a given amount. An extension activity is given that asks for all possible combinations to be found.

Students drag numerals to create decimal numbers to create the largest and smallest decimal numbers, and closest decimal numbers to given whole numbers.

Students use addition and subtraction to calculate the changing balance in a students back account.

Students decide which children are estimating and which are not, and explain their reasoning.

Students calculate the numbers of pieces of fruit and vegetables divided evenly into bags, and any remainder.

Students show how to solve some subtraction problems.

Students calculate the distance around three different sized gardens.

Students answer maths problems involving multiplication and show their strategies.

Students answer questions about total cost, cheapest, most expensive, and the maximum number of books that can be bought. Book prices are decimal numbers.

Students solve subtraction story problems and show their strategies.

Students answer addition and subtraction questions about attendance at an art show.

Using given information about a shop's takings students round the amounts to give estimated totals for four weeks takings.