Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Strategies
100

9 + 8 = ______

What is 17?

100

9 - 4 = ______

what is 5?

100

9 x 2 =

What is 18?

100

1,000 / 1 = 

What is 1,000?

100

Adding the same number over and over (repeatedly)

What is repeated addition?

200

10 + 29 = _____

What is 39?

200

17 - 3 = _____

What is 14?

200

18 x 2 =

What is 36?

200

12 / 3 =

What is 4?

200

Rows with equal amount in each

What is an array?

300

25 + 31 = ____

What is 56?

300

50 - 25 = _____

What is 25?
300

100 x 7 =

What is 700?

300

20 / 5 =

What is 4?

300

Examples of this strategy are:

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18

5, 10, 15, 20, 25

What is skip counting?

400

120 + 259 = _____

What is 379?

400

199 - 88 = ______

What is 111?

400

200 x 20 =

What is 4000?

400

100 / 10 =

What is 10?

400

To find the missing number, I use this subtraction strategy.  Here is an example:

7 - ____ = 4

What is adding up or add to subtract?

500

521 + 19 = ______

What is 540?

500

980 - 280 = _____

What is 700?

500

1000 x 100 =

What is 100,000?

500

1,000 / 1,000 =

What is 1?

500

This is a model used to multiply multi-digit numbers like 14 x 12.

What is an area model?

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