Students put all of their addition and subtraction skills together to solve equations.

Addition What is 4 + 5? We can put 4 things in one of the parts and 5 in the other part. By combining the two parts in the whole circle we can find the sum of 4 + 5.

In this KS2 Maths article you'll find out how to use mental methods when doing addition and subtraction in your head. We also have KS2 Maths videos, a quiz and lots of examples.