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Reception Maths textbook

Chapter 3: Comparing quantities

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Early Years Foundation Stage for England, maths. Content: Compare two groups up to 10 and up to 20 using more, fewer and the same, Compare by matching one to one, Use the words greater than and less than with numbers to 20, Find one more and one less, on a number line and with groups, Find the group with the most or the fewest of three groups.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • I can match things one to one to see which group has more or fewer
  • I can say when two groups are the same
  • I can say which number is greater (bigger) and which is less (smaller)
  • I can say the number that is one more or one less
  • I can find the most and the fewest in a set of three groups

You should already know

  • Counting to 10 (Chapter 1)
  • Numbers to 20 (Chapter 2)

Where this leads

  • Making and splitting numbers (Chapter 4)
  • Adding within 10 (Chapter 5)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 3.1 More and fewer: matching one to one
  2. 3.2 The same as: equal groups
  3. 3.3 Greater and less than, up to 20
  4. 3.4 One more and one less
  5. 3.5 Most and fewest in three groups
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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