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Adding within 100

Add within 100 using strategies based on place value, including adding a two-digit and one-digit number, and a two-digit and a multiple of 10

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What a learner can do afterwards

  • Calculate 46 + 7 using place value (46 + 4 + 3 = 53)
  • Calculate 38 + 40 = 78 using tens understanding
  • Relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning

The lesson

You already know how to split a two-digit number into tens and ones. You can use that trick to add bigger numbers too. Keep the tens steady and work out the ones first.

Try it together

Try 46 + 7. The 46 has 4 tens and 6 ones. First jump to the next ten: 46 + 4 = 50. That uses up 4 of your 7. There are 3 left, so 50 + 3 = 53. So 46 + 7 = 53.

4647484950515253+4+3
3848586878+10+10+10+10
38 + 40: jump by tens four times, from 38 to 78. The 8 ones never change.
Good to know

If you write 46 and 7 on top of each other to add them, the 7 goes under the 6, because both are ones. Lining up the columns is the same idea as keeping tens and ones apart in your head.

Split the numbers into tens and ones, add each part, then put them back together.

Watch it

Where it sits

Where this leads

Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.

Then practise

8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.

Adding within 100 · Mathematics, ages 6 to 7 · LightMySky