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Enjoying, Progressing, Achieving
Starter – Using the number line to help you, can you complete the “1 more, 1 less” table below?
Task – We know that the number 0 is zero, none, nothing…What happens when we take 0 away from a number?
Gather five of the objects you used in our lesson on Monday and see what happens if you take 0 away?
How many are left?
Can you write this as a number sentence?
What if we had 8 lollipops and we took 0 away, how many would we have left?
Can you write this as a number sentence?
If there were 16 footballs and we took 0 away, how many would we have left?
Can you write this as a number sentence?
Can you fill in the blanks?
Extension - Ben and Jerry are talking about Maths.
Ben says that you can add 0 or subtract 0 from any number and it will give you the same answer. Jerry agrees.
Are Ben and Jerry correct? Explain your answer.