Addition and subtraction problem solving

Year 5 Maths – Unit 2: Lessons 1–10

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Developed in partnership between AERO and Ochre Education, these lesson resources support the use of effective, evidence-based practices and address the learning expected in the Australian Curriculum. An exemplar unit plan provides guidance on the structure, sequence and decision-making made during the planning process.

This sequence of 10 lessons will teach students about six-digit numbers and their properties.

Lesson 1 Using and explaining addition strategies

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Students will be learning how to use different addition strategies (e.g. partitioning, commutativity, and rounding and adjusting) in order to solve magic squares.

Lesson 2 Using and explaining addition and subtraction strategies

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Students will be learning how to use the most efficient addition and subtraction strategies. They will apply this knowledge to solving addition pyramids.

Lesson 3 Adding and subtracting multiples

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Students will learn how to use the 'derived facts' and 'make 10' strategies to solve equations involving multiples of 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000.

Lesson 4 Adding and subtracting using the ‘round and adjust’ strategy

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Students will learn how to use the 'round and adjust' strategy to solve addition and subtraction equations.

Lesson 5 Adding and subtracting using partitioning

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Students will use partitioning to add and subtract large integers, both where regrouping is required and where it is not needed.

Lesson 6 Rounding to estimate

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Students will use their knowledge of rounding to the nearest 1000, 10,000 and 100,000 to solve problems involving rounding.

Lesson 7 Adding using the column method

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Students will learn how to use the column method to solve addition equations.

Lesson 8 Subtracting using the column method

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Students will learn how to solve subtraction problems using the column method.

Lesson 9 Problem solving using the column method

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Students will learn how to apply their understanding of the column method to find and fix errors and complete unfinished column method calculations.

Lesson 10 Solving multi-step addition and subtraction

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Students will be applying the addition and subtraction strategies that they have learned to word and real-life problems.