Let's Use Number Facts

Give your class the opportunity to become confident using and applying their knowledge of number facts. They will tackle a variety of addition and subtraction questions and be challenged to use what they know about numbers to help them find the answers. Over the course of the five lessons in this ‘Let’s Use Number Facts’ Complete Series, children use doubles, number bonds and landmark numbers to solve problems including missing number sentences.

With each lesson, there's a choice of activities including games, and individual/group activities, as well as a set of slides, a detailed lesson plan and a range of printable resources.

Doubles

Give children a chance to apply their knowledge of doubles to solve problems, by helping farmers work out how many animals they have. The problems are accompanied by number sentences and pictorial representations to aid the children’s understanding. Following this they will be able to practically find doubles using objects or painting.

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Number bonds to twenty

This lesson challenges the children to recall and use number bonds to twenty to solve problems, by helping characters in a sweet shop fulfil their orders. The children will then have the opportunity to play games where they apply their knowledge of number bonds.

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Solving addition and subtraction problems

In the third lesson in this series the children will be challenged to apply their knowledge of number facts to solve addition and subtraction problems. They will increase their confidence with number facts by playing games in pairs or independently.

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Solving missing number problems

In the fourth lesson in this series the children will be challenged to apply their knowledge of number facts to solve missing number addition and subtraction problems. They will help characters count their toy dinosaurs, before using their knowledge of number facts to help ensure the dinosaurs are ready for a party.

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Solving problems using number facts

In the final lesson in this series the children will be challenged to apply their knowledge of number facts to solve a range of number addition and subtraction problems. The questions are all sports themed, so your class will answer questions about a sports day. They will also have the opportunity to practically solve questions outside.

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