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This activity is all about families.
No, not that sort of family - maths families!
Addition and subtraction family facts normally come in fours.
There are two addition facts and two subtraction facts.
If we know just one of them, we can always work out the other three.
If we know the addition fact that
23 + 35 = 58
we can say that the other addition fact in this family is
35 + 23 = 58
The subtraction facts in this family will be
58 - 35 = 23
and
58 - 23 = 35
Example 1
Check the subtraction 33 - 18 = 15
using addition.
Answer
We work out 15 + 18 to see if it is 33.
15 + 10 + 8
15 + 10 = 25
25 + 8 = 33
which is the related addition fact 15 + 18 = 33
so the subtraction is correct.
Example 2
Check the subtraction 35 - 12 = 25
using addition.
Answer
We work out 25 + 12 to see if it is 35.
25 + 10 + 2
25 + 10 = 35
35 + 2 = 37 and not 35
so the subtraction is wrong.
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