Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
1.5.g
apply properties of operations to add and subtract two or three numbers.
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
MA.1.2.3
Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation, relating three whole numbers, with the unknown in any position.
1st Grade Math - Add and Subtract (3 Numbers) Lesson
Add Two or Three Numbers
Some math rules are always true. They help us add two or three numbers. Any order: We can add numbers in any order. The sum stays the same. 4 + 9 = 9 + 4. Zero: Adding 0 does not change a number. 7 + 0 = 7.
Example:
We can add in any order. 4 + 9 has the same sum as 9 + 4.
Start with the greater number, 9. Count on 4: 10, 11, 12, 13.
So 4 + 9 = 13, and 9 + 4 = 13.
4 + 9 = 9 + 4 = 13
We can add three numbers. We can add any two of them first. Look for two numbers that make 10.
Example:
Look for two numbers that make 10. 8 + 2 = 10.
Change the order. Add 8 + 2 first. Then add the 5. 10 + 5 = 15.
8 + 5 + 2 = 8 + 2 + 5
The order changed, but the sum is the same.
8 + 5 + 2 = 15
Subtract Two or Three Numbers
Some math rules are always true. They help us subtract, or take away, two or three numbers. Take away 0: The number stays the same. 9 − 0 = 9. Take away the same number: We get 0. 6 − 6 = 0.
We can take away two numbers in either order. The number we start with stays first.
Example:
We take away 4 and 3. Take away the 3 first. That gets us to 10. 13 − 3 = 10.
Then take away 4. 10 − 4 = 6.
13 − 4 − 3 = 13 − 3 − 4
Both are 6.
Example:
Take away 6 first. 16 − 6 = 10.
When we take away 0, the number stays the same. 10 − 0 = 10.