Addition and subtraction within 1000
Add and subtract within 1000 using concrete models, drawings, and strategies based on place value; understand composing and decomposing tens and hundreds
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Addition and subtraction within 1000 means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: 20 counters; Paper and pencil. Adult models 12 − 4 by removing counters, then writes the difference. Child solves three subtraction problems with counters and records each difference. Done: three correct differences with counters matching the writing. Stop after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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How Many Days Until Summer Vacation?
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Subtract 124 from 180 in a fictional school-calendar story. Counting-on and regrouped base-ten models are instructional support, not a fluency certification for addition and subtraction within 1000.
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Before you openA family can discuss the given story without adopting that calendar. Ask how a ten was regrouped, and record the explanation.
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Illustrative Mathematics. “How Many Days Until Summer Vacation?.” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Add two three-digit numbers using base-ten blocks or drawings, composing a ten or hundred when necessary
- Subtract three-digit numbers, decomposing a ten or hundred when necessary
- Relate the concrete/drawn strategy to a written method and explain why it works
“Can your child add or subtract numbers in the hundreds — like '347 + 256' — by thinking about hundreds, tens, and ones separately, or drawing a diagram to help?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Addition & Subtraction
- Age range
- Ages 7–9
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