Looking for a purposeful way to help students tackle multi-digit addition and subtraction with confidence and strong mental maths strategies?
This resource is designed to explicitly teach students how to use the jump strategy on an open number line to solve addition and subtraction problems. By making jumps on a number line, students learn to break numbers apart, bridge through tens and hundreds and use place value to calculate efficiently and accurately.
Rather than relying on counting by ones or rote algorithms, students use intentional jumps to model their thinking. This supports flexible strategy choice, strengthens number sense, and helps students explain how and why their solution works. Each problem encourages reasoning, efficiency, and a deeper conceptual understanding of addition and subtraction.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Explicitly teach and reinforce addition and subtraction using the jump strategy
🌿 Support students to develop efficient mental maths strategies
🌿 Small group or guided maths instruction
🌿 Whole-class rotations or maths stations
🌿 Relief-teacher-friendly lessons with minimal preparation
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
𓅦 40x Word Problem Task Cards
𓅦 6x Levels of Number Complexity Differentiation
7x two-digit plus two-digit problems
7x two-digit minus two-digit problems
6x three-digit plus two-digit problems
6x three-digit minus two-digit problems
7x three-digit plus three-digit problems
7x three-digit minus three-digit problems
𓅦 2x Levels of Strategy Support Differentiation
Empty strategy model cards
Partially filled strategy model cards
𓅦 PDF Version
2x Colour options - minimal colour and black & white
Empty strategy model worksheet
2x recording sheets
Answers
𓅦 2x Digital Versions
MS Powerpoint
Google Slides
𓅦 2x Self-checking options - no teacher marking!
Provide access to the Google Form for checking answers
Print the self-checking cards double sided
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Explicit strategy support that builds confidence and mental maths fluency
🌿 Encourages place value thinking and efficient calculation
🌿 Word problems that promote reasoning, not just answers
🌿 Low-prep and easy to differentiate
🌿 Works seamlessly for whole class, small groups or intervention
🌿 Helps students see addition and subtraction as strategic thinking, not memorisation
Looking for a purposeful way to help students tackle multi-digit addition and subtraction with confidence and strong mental maths strategies?
This resource is designed to explicitly teach students how to use the jump strategy on an open number line to solve addition and subtraction problems. By making jumps on a number line, students learn to break numbers apart, bridge through tens and hundreds and use place value to calculate efficiently and accurately.
Rather than relying on counting by ones or rote algorithms, students use intentional jumps to model their thinking. This supports flexible strategy choice, strengthens number sense, and helps students explain how and why their solution works. Each problem encourages reasoning, efficiency, and a deeper conceptual understanding of addition and subtraction.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Explicitly teach and reinforce addition and subtraction using the jump strategy
🌿 Support students to develop efficient mental maths strategies
🌿 Small group or guided maths instruction
🌿 Whole-class rotations or maths stations
🌿 Relief-teacher-friendly lessons with minimal preparation
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
𓅦 40x Word Problem Task Cards
𓅦 6x Levels of Number Complexity Differentiation
7x two-digit plus two-digit problems
7x two-digit minus two-digit problems
6x three-digit plus two-digit problems
6x three-digit minus two-digit problems
7x three-digit plus three-digit problems
7x three-digit minus three-digit problems
𓅦 2x Levels of Strategy Support Differentiation
Empty strategy model cards
Partially filled strategy model cards
𓅦 PDF Version
2x Colour options - minimal colour and black & white
Empty strategy model worksheet
2x recording sheets
Answers
𓅦 2x Digital Versions
MS Powerpoint
Google Slides
𓅦 2x Self-checking options - no teacher marking!
Provide access to the Google Form for checking answers
Print the self-checking cards double sided
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Explicit strategy support that builds confidence and mental maths fluency
🌿 Encourages place value thinking and efficient calculation
🌿 Word problems that promote reasoning, not just answers
🌿 Low-prep and easy to differentiate
🌿 Works seamlessly for whole class, small groups or intervention
🌿 Helps students see addition and subtraction as strategic thinking, not memorisation
