:Addition Examples
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Approach: Independent Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Adding without a calculator. 
Resources: None.
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Questions / instructions:

Write your answers in the boxes. You can use the shaded area to do your working.

% responses
2001 ('97)
y4
y8
1.
5
+ 8
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13
89 (91)
97 (95)
2.
6
3
8
7
+ 4
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28
66 (72)
90 (91)
3.
42
+ 35
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77
80 (79)
96 (96)
4.
87
+ 56
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143
56 (51)
92 (90)
5.
327
+ 436
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763
59 (59)
89 (90)
6.
5607
3294
6358
+ 7286
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22545
•
69 (67)
7.
36 +117 + 6 + 23 + 240 =   422
•
62 (57)
 

Total score:

 

 

 

• not asked for Year 4
  
7
•
40 (32)
6
•
33 (39)
5
36 (35)
16 (19)
4
21 (21)
7 (5)
3
18 (20)
2 (4)
2
12 (13)
1 (0)
1
9 (8)
1 (1)
0
4 (3)
0 (0
Commentary:
At both year levels, the 2001 students performed very similarly to the 1997 students. Comparative performance on questions 3 and 4 shows that many year 4 students struggled when required to rename (carry).
 
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