1 - Getting Started ~3 mins
The blitz is over. Our team scored 12 points and the visitors scored 9. How far apart were the teams? Was it a close match?
2 - Watch and Notice ~8 mins
Watch 12 − 9 done two ways on the number line. The long way first, then the short way. Which one needs fewer jumps?
We made three little jumps. 12 − 9 = 3. The jumps are the answer.
Close numbers sit near each other on the line, so the gap is small. Now two more close take-aways. Predict how many jumps before each one.
3 - Try It Together ~8 mins
We already saw that 12 − 9 needs three jumps up. Now try a new one: 16 − 13. Stand on the smaller number and count up. How many jumps? The jumps are the answer.
Count up for 16 − 13
4 - Write the Take-away in Your Copy ~2 mins
In your maths copy, write 12 − 9 = 3.
5 - Class Challenge ~10 mins
Today we count up to solve these: 10 − 8, then 11 − 9, then 13 − 11, then 15 − 12. Stand on the smaller number and jump up one step at a time — how many jumps to the bigger one?
Count up to take away
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