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Use knowledge of doubles to calculate near-doubles

I can use knowledge of doubles to calculate near-doubles.

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Use knowledge of doubles to calculate near-doubles

I can use knowledge of doubles to calculate near-doubles.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Knowing double facts helps you to calculate near-doubles.
  2. If 2 + 2 is equal to 4, then 2 + 3 is equal to one more than 4 which is 5

Keywords

  • Double - To become twice as many.

  • Near-double - A near-double is a number close to a double.

  • Addends - Any of the numbers that are added together.

Common misconception

Children could try to apply this idea to other near-double facts that may be more easily solved using other strategies.

0 + 1 and 1 + 2 are near-doubles, but these are more easily solved using the 'one more'/ 'one less' strategy. Explore this together before leading children to the most efficient strategy for calculating.


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Here, two new facts are introduced that can be learnt using near-doubles, 3 + 4 and 4 + 5 (and their commutatives). Note, 2 + 3 (and 3 + 2) has been covered in 'adding two', but some may find it easier to relate this fact to 'near double two' rather than the 'odd number after' 3
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6 Questions

Q1.
When we add two equal addends, we are
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Correct answer: doubling
halving
Q2.
What number would complete this bar model?
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Correct Answer: 2, two
Q3.
Tick all the correct statements.
Correct answer: Half of 8 is 4
Correct answer: Half of 4 is 2
Double 4 is 2
Correct answer: Double 2 is 4
Q4.
What is the missing number? Half of is 3
8
7
Correct answer: 6
5
Q5.
Who is correct?
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Sam
Correct answer: Jacob
Q6.
Sam is 8 years old. She is double the age of her brother. How old is her brother?
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3 years old
Correct answer: 4 years old
1 years old
2 years old

6 Questions

Q1.
What near double is the representation showing?
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6 + 5
Correct answer: 5 + 5
5 + 4
Q2.
What near double is the representation showing?
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Correct answer: 3 + 3
3 + 4
4 + 5
Q3.
Which of these double facts would help to solve this near-double problem? 2 + 3 =
1 + 1
Correct answer: 2 + 2
Correct answer: 3 + 3
5 + 5
Q4.
Finish the sentence. Near doubles always have
two odd addends.
two even addends.
Correct answer: one odd and one even addend.
Q5.
What is the missing number in this bar model?
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Correct answer: 4
3
2
5
Q6.
Jacob ran 4 laps of the track. Then he ran another 3 laps. How many laps did he run in total?
Correct Answer: 7, seven

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