This week we have been refining our place value skills. The children have been confidently moving into 3 digit numbers and have begun partitioning two digit numbers in different ways. This means that they can say:42=40+2, but they can also say 42=30+12.
We use 10s and 1s to show this and children seem to pick up the pattern of moving a ten across quite quickly. Next week we will continue practicing this skill as it is very important when we come to addition and subtraction.
If two digit numbers are a little tricky you could try partitioning smaller numbers in different ways. Use bricks, pasta, stones, whatever you have to hand to make a group of say 8. How many different ways can you split 8 into two groups?
8=4+4, 8=3+5, 8=2+6, and so on... praise the children each time they make a new grouping. Once confident at single digit numbers try the teen numbers!
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