What is addition?
What is addition?
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The process of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts.
The process of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts.
Key Principles
Key Principles
Addition is the inverse of subtraction
Addition is the inverse of subtraction
Addition is commutative i.e. 5 + 3 = 3 + 5 [introduced explicitly in Yr 2 NC]
Addition is commutative i.e. 5 + 3 = 3 + 5 [introduced explicitly in Yr 2 NC]
Addition is associative i.e. 5 + 3 + 7 = 5 + (3 + 7)
Addition is associative i.e. 5 + 3 + 7 = 5 + (3 + 7)
Calculations can be rearranged to add numbers in logical orders i.e. 4 + 13 = 17 is the same as 13 + 4 = 17
Calculations can be rearranged to add numbers in logical orders i.e. 4 + 13 = 17 is the same as 13 + 4 = 17
Key Words
Key Words
add, sum, plus, altogether, total, addition, more, and, equal to, equals, double, near double, most, count on, column, increase, vertical, horizontal, expanded, compact, digits, inverse, regroup, exchange, formal column method
add, sum, plus, altogether, total, addition, more, and, equal to, equals, double, near double, most, count on, column, increase, vertical, horizontal, expanded, compact, digits, inverse, regroup, exchange, formal column method
ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, decimal point, decimal places, tenths, hundredths, thousandths
ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, decimal point, decimal places, tenths, hundredths, thousandths
Teaching addition
Teaching addition
Please click on your child's year group to see the addition objectives for that year group and how they are taught at Corpus Christi.
Please click on your child's year group to see the addition objectives for that year group and how they are taught at Corpus Christi.
You may want to refer to the previous year group to see the progression.
You may want to refer to the previous year group to see the progression.
Year 6 has been grouped with Year 5 because there is no new teaching content for addition in Year 6.
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