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ACARA AC9MFN04, Model adding and taking away

Foundation ยท Number

Use real and on-screen materials with counting to show everyday adding-to, taking-from and how-many situations.

Below are free printable maths worksheets that support AC9MFN04. Print them as PDFs, or generate a fresh one. Every maths answer key is computed in code, so it is never wrong.

Teaching guide

What students learn

Use real and on-screen materials with counting to show everyday adding-to, taking-from and how-many situations.

How to teach it

Start by counting on from the larger number, then move to partitioning into tens and ones and adding each part, and finally column addition with regrouping.

Worked example
2 + 1 =
Answer: 3

Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.

Watch out for

Adding the tens and ones columns without carrying the regrouped ten, and always counting on from the first number rather than the larger.

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