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Number Differences

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to select and find the difference between pairs of two and three digit numbers using subtraction number skills when counting back and on.
The class can explain and model the selected subtraction sums when using informal calculations to illustrate how to find the difference between the pairs of numbers.
Download this teaching pack including classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and find the difference between pairs of two and three digit numbers using subtraction number skills when counting back and on
Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated sets of cards to practise finding and recording the difference between pairs of two and three digit numbers using subtraction number skills when modelling how to count back and on to complete each calculation.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to select and find the difference between pairs of two digit numbers using subtraction number skills.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to explain and model some of the informal and formal written calculations skills that can be used to find the difference between pairs of two and three digit numbers. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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