Year 1 How Many Left 1 Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 1 How Many Left 1 Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of subtracting to find out how many are left. Children will need to identify all the possible sentences that could complete the subtraction story.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Addition and Subtraction

Mathematics Year 1: (1N1a) Count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number

Mathematics Year 1: (1C2a) Add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including zero

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