Starter quiz
- Match the pairs of missing unknown numbers to find possible solutions.
- 5⇔25 ✓
- 1⇔21 ✓
- 3⇔23 ✓
- 2⇔22 ✓
- 4⇔24 ✓
- If one of the unknowns is 60, what would the other unknown be?
- '55' ✓
- Laura has some triangles and squares. She chooses some of the shapes and when she counts the number of sides, she finds that the total is 48 How many of each shape could she have?
- 4 triangles and 9 squares ✓
- 9 squares and 4 triangles
- 7 triangles and 7 squares
- 8 triangles and 6 squares ✓
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- Laura has some squares and pentagons. She chooses some of the shapes and when she counts the number of sides, she finds that the total is 48 How many of each shape could she have?
- 8 squares and 4 pentagons
- 8 pentagons and 2 squares ✓
- 6 pentagons and 6 squares
- 4 pentagons and 7 squares ✓
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- I use two different lengths of wood to make a fence 7 m long. One length of wood is 70 cm and the other is 105 cm. If two 105 cm planks were used, how many of length 70 cm were used? ______ planks
- '7' ✓
- Jun spends 8 hours in maths and science lessons. A maths lesson is 55 minutes,a science lesson is 65 minutes. Jun had the same number of maths and science lessons. How many of each lesson did he have?
- '4' ✓
Exit quiz
- In this problem, the difference between the known addends is 20 Match the expressions correctly.
- When a = 10⇔the second addend = 30 ✓
- When a = 15⇔the second addend = 35 ✓
- When a = 42⇔the second addend = 62 ✓
- When a = 61⇔the second addend = 81 ✓
- If we call the first missing addend a, match the expressions correctly.
- When a = 20⇔the second addend = 34 ✓
- When a = 31⇔the second addend = 45 ✓
- When a = 52⇔the second addend = 66 ✓
- When a = 44⇔the second addend = 60 ✓
- If we call the first missing addend a, what is the second addend when a = 10? ______
- '-5' ✓
- Match the value of the first missing number with the correct value of the second missing number.
- When the first missing value is 50⇔the second missing value is 35 ✓
- When the first missing value is 65⇔the second missing value is 50 ✓
- When the first missing value is 62⇔the second missing value is 47 ✓
- When the first missing value is 71⇔the second missing value is 56 ✓
- Match the value of the second missing number with the correct value of the first missing number.
- When the second missing value is 45⇔the first missing value is 70 ✓
- When the second missing value is 60⇔the first missing value is 85 ✓
- When the second missing value is 75⇔the first missing value is 90 ✓
- When the second missing value is 85⇔the first missing value is 100 ✓
- If the value of the first missing number is a, what is the value of the second missing number when a = 68?
- '55' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The same sum rule can be used to balance equations.
- The same difference rule can be used to balance equations.
- Understanding of the structure of addition and subtraction can be used to balance equations.
Common misconception
Pupils use a trial and improvement approach to solve these problems only.
At first, pupils may put numbers into the equation to see what happens each time. Encourage pupils to move beyond this to notice what happens to each example. Pupils should aim to use the relationships between addends or subtrahends to help them.
Keywords
Difference - The result of subtracting one number from another number is known as the difference.
Subtrahend - The value used to subtract from the whole is known as the subtrahend.
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