Y5

Maths

Free Mental Strategies Discussion Problem

Worksheet
Group work
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This Year 5 Mental Strategies Discussion Problem can be used to help children apply their reasoning and problem-solving skills to addition and subtraction. This resource challenges children to work in groups to use mental addition and subtraction methods to create a target number. There are various answers for this resource, but an example answer is provided. Allowing children to mark their own work can help to develop their self-correction skills.


Curriculum Objectives

  • Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers