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Subtraction Buzz - Game

Subtraction Buzz - Game
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Description

This fun and engaging Maths resource encourages students to consolidate and practice their subtraction skills while playing a game. The game focuses on subtraction of numbers up to 20. The game includes two gameboards, the first level focuses on the numbers 0 to 10 and the second level, 0 to 20.

A reproducible recording sheet has been included, which can also be used as a formative assessment tool. Perfect for group work and maths rotations.

 

Suitable for
  • Fast Finishers
  • Relief Teachers
  • Parents
Lesson Structure
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9MFN05 9

Represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies

AC9M3A01 9

Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction as inverse operations, apply to partition numbers and find unknown values in number sentences

AC9M1N05 9

Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive situations, including simple money transactions; represent the situations with diagrams, physical and virtual materials, and use calculation strategies to solve the problem

AC9M1N04 9

Add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies

AC9M2N06 9

Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations, including money transactions; represent situations and choose calculation strategies; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation

AC9MFN06 9

Represent practical situations involving equal sharing and grouping with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies

AC9M2A02 9

Recall and demonstrate proficiency with addition facts to 20; extend and apply facts to develop related subtraction facts

ACMNA029 8.4

Explore the connection between addition and subtraction

ACMNA004 8.4

Represent practical situations to model addition and sharing

ACMNA030 8.4

Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies

ACMNA015 8.4

Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts

MAe-1WM old

Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings

MAe-2WM old

Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems

MAe-3WM old

Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions

MAe-5NA old

Combines, separates and compares collections of objects, describes using everyday language, and records using informal methods

MA1-6NA old

Uses a range of mental strategies and concrete materials for multiplication and division

MA2-5NA old

Uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving two-, three-, four- and five-digit numbers

MA1-1WM old

Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols

MA1-2WM old

Uses objects, diagrams and technology to explore mathematical problems

MA1-3WM old

Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained

MA1-5NA old

Uses a range of strategies and informal recording methods for addition and subtraction involving one- and two-digit numbers

MA2-3WM old

Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used

MA2-2WM old

Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems

MA2-1WM old

Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas

MA1-4NA old

Applies place value, informally, to count, order, read and represent two- and three-digit numbers

MA2-AR-02 new

Completes number sentences involving addition and subtraction by finding missing values

MAE-CSQ-01 new

Reasons about number relations to model addition and subtraction by combining and separating, and comparing collections

MA2-AR-01 new

Selects and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving 2- and 3-digit numbers

MA2-RN-02 new

Represents and compares decimals up to 2 decimal places using place value

MA2-RN-01 new

Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent numbers to at least tens of thousands

MAE-FG-02 new

Forms equal groups by sharing and counting collections of objects

MA1-FG-01 new

Uses the structure of equal groups to solve multiplication problems, and shares or groups to solve division problems

MA1-CSQ-01 new

Uses number bonds and the relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems involving partitioning

VCMNA092

Recognise, describe and order Australian coins according to their value

VCMNA087

Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line

VCMNA106

Explore the connection between addition and subtraction

VCMNA132

Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction

VCMNA139

Use a function machine and the inverse machine as a model to apply mathematical rules to numbers or shapes

VCMNA094

Recognise the importance of repetition of a process in solving problems

VCMNA089

Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts

VCMNA107

Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies

VCMNA108

Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays

VCMNA114

Apply repetition in arithmetic operations, including multiplication as repeated addition and division as repeated subtraction

VCMNA111

Count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their value

VCMNA103

Investigate number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and ten from any starting point, then moving to other sequences

VCMNA090

Represent practical situations that model sharing

VCMNA074

Represent practical situations to model sharing

VCMNA073

Represent practical situations to model addition and subtraction

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