Digit Card Dilemma - Chimpanzee Count Back

Content Name

Digit Card Dilemma - Chimpanzee Count Back

Content Type

Partner Content

Description

This game simply requires children to work in pairs, turning over cards and creating subtraction calculations which practice the ‘Count Back’ strategy. It can be played very effectively with 2-digit numbers and simple decimal calculations, but is also helpful for mental subtraction of some 3-digit numbers.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 2, Key Stage 1

  Years:

  Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

  Subjects:

  • Mathematics

  Topics:

  • Number - addition and subtraction
  • Number - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

  Programmes of Study:

  • add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 100s
  • add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 10s
  • add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and 1s
  • add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
  • add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including: 2 two-digit numbers

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