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Primary Maths · Year 1Chapter 5 · Adding and subtracting within 20
Year 1 · Adding and Subtracting within 20 · Summary

Year 1 Adding and Subtracting within 20: summary and key words

Part of the Year 1 adding and subtracting within 20 chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Number bonds to 20Take the part you know away from the whole to find the missing part.
Make 10 to addFill the first ten frame up to 10, then add what is left of the second number.
Doubles and near doublesA double is two equal groups. A near double is one more or one less than a double.
Adding and taking away to 20Count on to add. Count back to take away. Zero changes nothing.
Finding the differenceTake the smaller number from the bigger number.
Missing numbersDo the opposite. Take away to undo adding. Add to undo taking away.

Can you…?

  • I can find the missing part when I know the whole
  • I can make 10 first to add
  • I can work out doubles and near doubles
  • I can count on to add and count back to take away, including with zero
  • I can find how many more one number is than another
  • I can find a missing number and solve a one-step problem

Key terms

number bond
two numbers that make a total
whole
the total, the big number in a part-whole picture
part
one of the numbers that makes the whole
ten frame
a picture with 10 boxes in two rows of five
double
a number added to itself, like 4 + 4
near double
one more or one less than a double, like 4 + 5
difference
how many more one number is than another
count on
keep going up from a number, one step at a time
count back
go down from a number, one step at a time
missing number
a number we do not know yet, shown by a box
fact family
four facts that use the same three numbers

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