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This activity is about finding the missing number in an addition.

 

Example

Find the missing number.

 

 
 + 136 = 192

 

Answer

Adding and subtracting are opposites (inverses).

So, to work out the missing number we simply subtract.

 

192 - 136 = 56

 

Answer is 56

 

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