Year 4 Inverse Operations Matching Cards Game

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 4 Inverse Operations Matching Cards Game checks pupils’ understanding of using the inverse to check whether an answer is correct. Children are presented with additions and subtractions on 6 cards which they have to match with the inverse calculations on another 6 cards.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Number: Addition and subtraction
Mathematics Year 4: (4C3) Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation