Year 5 Inverse Operations Maths Challenge

Year 5 Inverse Operations Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 5 Inverse Operations Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of inverse operations with addition and subtraction. Pupils will use their knowledge of addition and subtraction to complete part-whole models and use the inverse operation to check the accuracy of their answers.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Number – Addition and Subtraction

Mathematics Year 5: (5C2) Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)

Mathematics Year 5: (5C4) Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why

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