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MAE-CSQ-01, Model adding and taking away

Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) ยท Mathematics ยท Combining and separating quantities

Reasons about how numbers relate in order to act out addition and subtraction by joining, separating and comparing collections.

MAE-CSQ-01 is an outcome from the NESA Mathematics K-10 Syllabus (2022), taught in NSW schools. Because Early Stage 1 is the Kindergarten year, the worksheets below come from Foundation. 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

Reasons about how numbers relate in order to act out addition and subtraction by joining, separating and comparing collections.

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
3 + 7 =
Answer: 10

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.

Sets A-F are the same worksheet with different questions - print any (or all) for fresh practice.

Sets A-F are the same worksheet with different questions - print any (or all) for fresh practice.

Comparing Numbers worksheets

All comparing numbers worksheets โ†’

Sets A-F are the same worksheet with different questions - print any (or all) for fresh practice.

Make a worksheet for MAE-CSQ-01
More Early Stage 1 Mathematics outcomes: MAE-RWN-01 ยท MAE-RWN-02 ยท MAE-CSQ-02 ยท MAE-FG-01 ยท MAE-FG-02 ยท MAE-GM-01 ยท MAE-GM-02 ยท MAE-GM-03
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NSW syllabus outcomes (c) NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales. The outcome code is cited as published; the description above is paraphrased in our own words. See the official Mathematics K-10 Syllabus on the NSW Curriculum website.