Tantalising Tuesday: Sensational Subtraction

It’s that time of the week for some subtraction and what better way to start your day than with our recommended ThinkIts and Activities. In particular, we suggest taking a look at one of our popular Activities Smooth Shoppers, where you pay for items and work out the change given.  

You'll find a range of our Key Stage-specific content below – challenge your students with our great selection of ThinkIts and Activities.

Key Stage 1 

Activities

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MOST POPULAR! Smooth Shoppers: Find the total change given from 20p.

This Activity can be found, along with peripheral content, within our Maths module in the years detailed below for each region:

  • England: Year 1
  • Scotland: Early***
  • Wales: Year 2
  • N. Ireland: P3

Lower Key Stage 2 

ThinkIts

Estimations (Y3)

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Activities 

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On the Cards: Adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers and ones, tens and hundreds mentally.

This Activity can be found, along with peripheral content, within our Maths module in the years detailed below for each region:

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 3
  • N. Ireland: P5

Upper Key Stage 2 

ThinkIts 

Positive and Negative Numbers (Y6)

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