Mathematics 

Number Fact Fluency

Research has shown that long-term success in mathematics is closely tied to strong number sense, including fluency with basic facts. The sooner your child becomes fluent with her or his addition and subtraction facts from 1-10, the better! 

Addition and subtraction of larger numbers will be much easier to master, and multiplication and division are easier to learn with the support of addition and subtraction fluency. In order for students to become fluent with their basic facts, they need to develop strategies that move beyond counting. 

We practice adding and subtracting at school and we are asking that you spend 5-10 minutes a night practicing math facts with your child. The combination of practice at home and at school will help your child learn his or her facts quickly. If your child has mastered his/her facts from 1-10, he/she can begin working on facts to 20 and improving his/her speed.

Some Easy Things You Can Do at Home

• practise quick recall of double numbers to 10. Use double domino tiles to extend thinking to doubling numbers to 20 and quick number facts

• use a dice to practise number bonds

• use number bonds, or ‘friends of 10’, to assist with simple addition and subtraction problems. For example, 4 + 6 = 10, 6 + 4 = 10, 10 - 4 = 6, 10 - 6 = 4
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• use number bonds to solve addition problems by making groups of 10. For example, the problem of 26 + 8 can be solved by taking 4 from the 8 and adding it to the 26. The new problem of 30 + 4 is much easier to solve
• solve problems using their knowledge of doubles. For example, the problem 8 + 9 can been seen as double 8 (8 + 8) which is 16. Add one more to make 17
• build number bond knowledge to understand ‘friends of 20’. These number pairs are 11 and 9, 12 and 8, 13 and 7, 14 and 6, 15 and 5.