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Step-by-step practice: Maths · Level 2Chapter 4 · Number bonds to 20
Step-by-step Maths Level 2 · Number bonds to 20 · Lesson 4.3

Step-by-step Maths Level 2: Missing parts in bonds to 20

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4.3

Missing parts in bonds to 20

Level 2
Find the missing part of a bond to 20 in a picture

A bond picture has a whole at the top and two parts underneath.

The whole is 20. If one part is missing, take the other part away from 20.

209?
The whole is 20 and one part is 9. The missing part is 11.

Key ideas

  • The whole is 20.
  • The two parts add up to 20.
  • Take the known part away from 20.
Worked example 4.3.1
The whole is 20 and one part is 9. Find the missing part.

Method. In a part-whole picture, the two parts add up to the whole.

  1. Look at the whole and the known part. The whole is 20.
    20 and 9
  2. Take the known part away from the whole. What is left is the missing part.
    20 - 9 = 11
  3. Write the missing part.
    11

Check. 9 and 11 make 20. It works.

Watch out. The missing part is never the whole. Find the part by subtracting.

Worked example 4.3.2
The whole is 20 and one part is 7. Find the missing part.
20?7

Method. In a part-whole picture, the two parts add up to the whole.

  1. Look at the whole and the known part. The whole is 20.
    20 and 7
  2. Take the known part away from the whole. What is left is the missing part.
    20 - 7 = 13
  3. Write the missing part.
    13

Check. 7 and 13 make 20. It works.

Watch out. The missing part is never the whole. Find the part by subtracting.

Worked example 4.3.3
The whole is 20 and one part is 15. Find the missing part.

Method. In a part-whole picture, the two parts add up to the whole.

  1. Look at the whole and the known part. The whole is 20.
    20 and 15
  2. Take the known part away from the whole. What is left is the missing part.
    20 - 15 = 5
  3. Write the missing part.
    5

Check. 15 and 5 make 20. It works.

Watch out. The missing part is never the whole. Find the part by subtracting.

Watch out

Watch out. Do not add the two parts to find the missing part. Take the known part away from 20.

Exam tip

Grown-up tip. Draw a bond picture on paper. Cover one part with a finger and ask your child to say the hidden part.

Exercise 4C  Practice: missing parts with a whole of 20

Non-calculator
1
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 11. Find the missing part.
20?11
2
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 10. Find the missing part.
2010?
3
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 12. Find the missing part.
20?12
4
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 19. Find the missing part.
20?19
5
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 6. Find the missing part.
20?6
6
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 9. Find the missing part.
209?
7
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 16. Find the missing part.
20?16
8
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 14. Find the missing part.
20?14
9
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 18. Find the missing part.
20?18
10
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 5. Find the missing part.
20?5
11
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 7. Find the missing part.
207?
12
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 2. Find the missing part.
202?
13
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 3. Find the missing part.
20?3
14
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 13. Find the missing part.
20?13
15
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 1. Find the missing part.
20?1
16
FThe whole is 20 and one part is 15. Find the missing part.
20?15

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