Year 2 · Maths
Understand Relationship Between Addition And Subtraction
Year 2 learners practise inverse addition and subtraction fact families.
The activities include Choose Between Addition and Subtraction to Find a Missing Number, Find the Difference Using Addition or Subtraction, Find the Missing Number Using Addition and Subtraction Family Group Facts, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Choose Between Addition and Subtraction to Find a Missing Number
- Find the Difference Using Addition or Subtraction
- Find the Missing Number Using Addition and Subtraction Family Group Facts
- Find the Missing Number Using Addition or Subtraction
- Practise Using Addition and Subtraction Family Groups
- Solve Addition Problems Using a Number Line
- Understand Addition and Subtraction Family Groups
- Use Addition or Subtraction to Find the Missing Number
- Use Knowledge of Addition and Subtraction Family Groups to Check Subtractions
Checked learning resources
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Year 2 Missing Number Problems
YouTube — This Child Can · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 2 video models using the inverse relationship to find missing numbers.
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Use a Number Line for Addition
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Exact Year 2 lesson video teaches using number-line jumps and inverse reasoning to find missing numbers.
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Check Subtraction with Addition
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Exact Year 2 lesson video teaches using inverse addition facts to check subtraction calculations.
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Find the Missing Addend
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Year 2 lesson applies inverse reasoning to missing-number equations.
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Year 2 Addition and Subtraction Inverse Strategies
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Exact Year 2 pack builds and applies addition/subtraction fact families.
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Use a Number Line for Addition: Worksheet and Quizzes
Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Browser-first Oak downloads page provides the worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz for using number-line jumps and inverse reasoning to find missing numbers.
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Use a Number Line for Addition: Year 2 Unit
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Year 2 unit sequence places using number-line jumps and inverse reasoning to find missing numbers within a coherent progression.
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Check Subtraction with Addition: Worksheet and Quizzes
Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Browser-first Oak downloads page provides the worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz for using inverse addition facts to check subtraction calculations.