Looking for a purposeful way to help students tackle multi-digit addition and subtraction with confidence using a range of efficient strategies?

This bundle is designed to explicitly teach and reinforce multiple addition and subtraction approaches, including bar model, constant difference, levelling, algorithms, jump strategy, bridging, compensation, inverse relationships and partitioning. Students learn to work with friendly numbers, apply flexible thinking, and select strategies that make calculations more efficient, strengthening both mental maths fluency and conceptual understanding.

HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:

❇️ Explicitly teach and reinforce addition and subtraction using a range of efficient strategies

❇️ Support students to visualise number relationships and choose effective strategies when solving word problems

❇️ Perfect for small-group instruction or guided maths with clear strategy focus

❇️ Ideal for whole-class rotations, maths stations or targeted practise

❇️ Relief-teacher-friendly lessons with minimal preparation required

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

✅ 360x Word Problem Task Cards

✅ Levels of Number Complexity Differentiation

• 3x levels in the levelling pack
• 3x levels in the constant difference pack
• 4x levels in the bar model pack
• 4x levels in the inverse pack
• 4x levels in the partitioning pack
• 6x levels in the jump pack
• 6x levels in the algorithm pack
• 6x levels in the compensation pack
• 4x levels in the bridging pack

✅ 2x Levels of Strategy Support Differentiation

• Empty strategy model cards
• Partially filled strategy model cards

✅ PDF Version

• 2x Colour options - minimal colour and black & white
• Empty strategy model worksheets
• 2x recording sheets
• Answers

✅ 2x Digital Versions

• MS Powerpoint
• Google Slides

✅ 2x Self-checking options - no teacher marking!

• Provide access to the Google Form for checking answers
• Print the self-checking cards double sided

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:

✳️ Explicit strategy support that builds confidence, flexible thinking and strong number sense

✳️ Word problems designed to promote reasoning and purposeful strategy selection

✳️ Minimal prep — simply print and go or assign digitally

✳️ Perfect for whole-class instruction, small groups or targeted intervention

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