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Near Doubles Addition Strategy

The Near Doubles Addition Strategy

WHAT IS A NEAR DOUBLE? A near double is a math fact that is close to a doubles fact. For example, 6+7 is considered a

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Effective Strategies for Teaching Addition Facts

If you find your head spinning when you think about all the addition strategies that you should be teaching, you are certainly not alone. Although

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Using Friendly Numbers: An Addition Strategy

  WHAT IS A FRIENDLY NUMBER? In this case, we refer to friendly numbers as a number that is easy to work with. For example,

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compensation mental math addition strategy

Compensation: An Addition Strategy

Compensation is a mental math strategy for multi-digit addition that involves adjusting one of the addends to make the equation easier to solve. Some students

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Breaking Apart An Addend: An Addition Strategy

  Breaking apart an addend is a mental math strategy for addition. Some students may find this method more efficient than left-to-right addition. This strategy

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Left to Right Addition: An Addition Strategy

Left-to-right addition (also known as front-end addition or the partial sums method) is one of the most powerful mental math strategies for teaching addition of

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Plus 7, 8, and 9: An Addition Strategy

Depending on the grade level that you teach, you will handle adding plus 7, 8, and 9 a bit different in your classroom. There are

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Extending The Doubles and Near Doubles Facts: An Addition Strategy

The doubles facts are generally an introductory set of facts that we want our students to become automatic with. We can relate the doubles to

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Counting On: An Addition Strategy

  Counting On is a beginning mental math strategy for addition. It is generally taught as an introductory mental math strategy and is usually simple

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