Year 1 Counting Back Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 1 Counting Back Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of counting back to subtract. Children will use the clues to identify all the possible calculations Kwame could be completing.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Addition and Subtraction

Mathematics Year 1: (1N4) Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least

Mathematics Year 1: (1N2c) Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words

Mathematics Year 1: (1C4) Solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7=_________ 9