Deep in Thought

In maths we are focusing on mental maths, adding and subtracting in our heads and on our fingers.

We have mainly used partitioning to solve problem:

34 + 13 = 

Is the same as

30 + 4 + 10 + 3 =

Is the same as

30 + 10 + 4 + 3 =

Which is easier to solve

40 + 7 = 47

But also adjusting.

29 + 14 =

We will try and make one of the numbers into a ten number

29 + 1 

We can only get the one from the 14

29 + 1 + 14 – 1 =

Which makes 

30 + 13 = 43