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Step-by-step practice: Maths · Level 1Chapter 9 · Number stories within 20
Step-by-step Maths Level 1 · Number stories within 20 · Summary

Step-by-step Maths Level 1 Number stories within 20: summary and key words

Part of the Step-by-step Maths Level 1 number stories within 20 chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Add or take awayMore means add. Lost or given away means take away
Adding to 20Start at the bigger number and count on
Taking away from 20Start at the number and count back
Number sentencesStart, sign, number, answer. Check with the inverse

Can you…?

  • I can choose add or take away from a story
  • I can add two numbers to make a total up to 20
  • I can take away from a number up to 20
  • I can write a number sentence for a story
  • I can check an answer by doing the inverse

Key terms

number story
a short story with numbers that tells you to add or take away
number sentence
a sum with numbers, a sign and an answer
inverse
the opposite operation: add undoes take away, and take away undoes add

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