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2.04 Addition strategies

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Remembering how we can solve addition on a number line can help us with our other addition strategies. Let's try now.

Use the number line to help you find the value of $10+38$10+38.

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  1. $10+38$10+38 $=$= $\editable{}$

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Let's see how to change an addition problem using the bridge to ten strategy.

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Question 1

How many more do we need to add to $9$9 to get to $10$10?

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The next video shows us how to use the compensation strategy to add more easily.

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Question 2

If $5+10=15$5+10=15, what is the answer to $5+12$5+12?

 

Remember!
  • Number lines can help us visualize the jumps between numbers
  • Bridging to $10$10 can help us get to $10$10, so that adding can be much quicker
  • Compensation uses the answer of one problem, to find the answer to another problem

 

Outcomes

3.NBT.A.2

Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

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