Equivalent Pairs

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Suggested content:

Use the principle of equality

Recognise equal differences and record them in number sentences
Use the equals sign to mean 'the same as', rather than to perform an operation
Apply the associative property of addition to forming multiples of 10 (Reasons about relations)

Coloured drawing of students playing 'Equivalent pairs'.

Equipment

Activity set-up

Print, laminate and cut out NRich equivalent pairs playing cards (ensure you print enough copies for there to be one card per student)
Mark a playing area

How to play

The aim of this activity is to find a peer with an equivalent number sentence. This problem is designed to deepen children's understanding of equivalence and offers an opportunity to practice number bonds.

Teacher gives each student a playing card.
Teacher calls out a locomotor skill for students to use to move around marked space.
When whistle is blown students must move to find a student/s with a playing card/s of an equivalent number sentence.
Students record equivalent number sentences in their workbook.
Teacher collects playing cards and redistributes to play again, naming different locomotor skills each time.

Variations

1 card between 2 students
Play with high frequency words.

Phonic Knowledge