Taking from 10

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Important Information: In this strategy students are comfortable working with numbers. They will split the larger number into 10's and ones and then proceed to subtract from the 10. Once they have completed that, they will then add the ones back in.

Students must be comfortable with making 10 and should practice this in various ways before working through this strategy.

This strategy is the beginning steps of moving towards using the Splitting Strategy

What students might do:

What students might say: "I know that 18 is made of 10 and 8. 10 take away 6 is 4 and then I have to add the 8 back in."

Strategies that Support Student Learning:

• Practice making 10 using addition and subtraction. Using a ten frame may help.

• Practice composing and decomposing numbers.

• Work through problem using base 10 blocks and a place value placemat.