Fletcher the Mathematician

Some of our groups have been learning about number bonds to 10 and trying to find all the possible combinations of numbers that can add up to 10. We worked out that you can reverse the numbers as well e.g. 2+8=10 and 8+2=10. Our numicon equipment has been really helpful with exploring these combinations.

Fletcher then had a go at working out number bonds to 20. Then we challenged him with numbers adding up to 100! Fletcher found the ones using groups of 10 easier but his brain had to work really hard to work out ones with trickier numbers. Fletcher persevered and used a hundreds chart to help him solve the problems. We were really impressed with his mathematical thinking and how he really took on board some strategies that would help him solve the trickier ones.
做得好

Zuò dé hǎo 

(well done Fletcher)