You know lots of ways to add now. Count on, swap, or use a double.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
A chart of every fact
Every sum lives somewhere on this chart. Tap one and watch what lights up.
All the sums that make the same total sit in a stripe.
Patterns mean less to memorise
The facts to ten are not twenty separate things. Swaps, doubles and ten-partners cut the list to a handful you actually have to learn.
What fluent really means
Not fast guessing. It means the answer arrives without effort, and you could still explain where it came from if asked.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Tap a square and look for the stripe.
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Tap any square to see its number sentence.
Step 3: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Ana Find a Stripe
Ana taps the square where 2 and 4 meet.
- Step 1
The square shows 6.
Step 4: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
The Party
Problem 1 of 2
There are 6 girls and 3 boys at a party. How many children in all?
The Fish Tank
Problem 2 of 2
A tank has 4 orange fish and 4 blue fish. How many fish in all?
Mixed Facts
Use whichever strategy suits each one.
1 of 4
2 + 7 = ?
2 of 4
3 + 3 = ?
3 of 4
5 + ? = 10
4 of 4
4 + 5 = ?
Step 5: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 3
7 + 3 = ?
Question 2 of 3
2 + 2 = ?
Question 3 of 3
6 + ? = 9
What You Learned
- You can add in more than one way.
- Sums with the same total make a stripe on the chart.
- Pick whichever way is quickest for you.