MAFS.1.NBT.3.5Archived Standard

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Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.
General Information
Subject Area: Mathematics
Grade: 1
Domain-Subdomain: Number and Operations in Base Ten
Cluster: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Cluster: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. (Major Cluster) -

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Content Complexity Rating: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5012030: Mathematics - Grade One (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7712020: Access Mathematics Grade 1 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5012005: Foundational Skills in Mathematics K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2019 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))

Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Educational Game

The Game of Tens and Ones: A Lesson for Second Graders:

"This game gives children practice with adding and subtracting ones and tens. Using a special die, two 0 99 charts, and two markers, children play in pairs. During the course of a game, they calculate between 20 and 30 addition and subtraction problems." (from Math Solutions Professional Development)

Type: Educational Game

Educational Software / Tool

Grouping and Grazing:

This interactive Flash applet helps children learn grouping, tally marks, place value, addition, and subtraction. Students help the alien spaceship move cows into corrals by counting by 5s and 10s. They also can apply those grouping skills to practice adding and subtracting two-digit numbers with regrouping. Audio cues and prompts reinforce the user's actions and facilitate counting and the development of math language.

Type: Educational Software / Tool

Formative Assessments

Subtract Ten:

Students mentally subtract ten from a two-digit number.

Type: Formative Assessment

Pages in a Book:

Students are asked to solve a word problem by mentally subtracting 10.

Type: Formative Assessment

Keisha’s Shells:

Students mentally add ten to a given number of shells.

Type: Formative Assessment

First Graders Present on Tuesday:

Students solve a problem by mentally adding ten to a two-digit number.

Type: Formative Assessment

Lesson Plans

"Cross It Out":

This lesson helps first grade students develop their 'counting on' and 'counting back' strategies. It also lays a strong foundation for working with the base ten system. Teach your students how to play the game "Cross It Out" where they will be able to pick any number on a 120 chart that is greater than 11 and less than 110, and then count on 1 more and 10 more than their number and 1 less and 10 less than their number. Once your students have mastered counting on and counting back and know how to skip count by tens you can introduce this game.

Type: Lesson Plan

Adding and Subtracting Ten Challenge:

Students will learn to identify the number that is ten more or ten less than any given two-digit number by playing a game.

Type: Lesson Plan

Adding & Subtracting Ten from Multiples of 10:

In this lesson, students will play a game involving adding ten to, and subtracting ten from, multiples of ten. In the follow-up lesson, Adding and Subtracting Ten Challenge (Resource ID#: 45832), students will use the foundation gained in this lesson to find ten more and ten less than any given two-digit number.

Type: Lesson Plan

Let's Have Fun With Ten More and Ten Less:

In this lesson, students will find ten more and ten less than any given two-digit number on a hundreds chart. They will learn about and identify the patterns that evolve when this task is performed. Then students will mentally find and write ten more and ten less independently.

Type: Lesson Plan

Ten-Hut! Part-2 (Subtraction):

This fun, kinesthetic lesson allows students to gain insight into how to use place value when subtracting a one-digit number from a two-digit number. The focus is on students using their bodies, as well as math manipulatives, to solve subtraction problems within 100 that do not require regrouping.

Type: Lesson Plan

Mentally Adding and Subtracting Ten:

Students will learn strategies to identify ten more and ten less than a given two-digit number. The lesson begins concretely using base-ten blocks, then to the representational using a hundred chart. Ultimately, the lesson moves to the abstract level where students mentally identify ten more and ten less than a given two-digit number.

Type: Lesson Plan

Original Student Tutorial

Ten More, Ten Less:

Explore strategies to add or subtract ten from a two-digit number in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

MFAS Formative Assessments

First Graders Present on Tuesday:

Students solve a problem by mentally adding ten to a two-digit number.

Keisha’s Shells:

Students mentally add ten to a given number of shells.

Pages in a Book:

Students are asked to solve a word problem by mentally subtracting 10.

Subtract Ten:

Students mentally subtract ten from a two-digit number.

Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades K-5

Ten More, Ten Less:

Explore strategies to add or subtract ten from a two-digit number in this interactive tutorial.

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Original Student Tutorial

Ten More, Ten Less:

Explore strategies to add or subtract ten from a two-digit number in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Educational Software / Tool

Grouping and Grazing:

This interactive Flash applet helps children learn grouping, tally marks, place value, addition, and subtraction. Students help the alien spaceship move cows into corrals by counting by 5s and 10s. They also can apply those grouping skills to practice adding and subtracting two-digit numbers with regrouping. Audio cues and prompts reinforce the user's actions and facilitate counting and the development of math language.

Type: Educational Software / Tool

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Educational Software / Tool

Grouping and Grazing:

This interactive Flash applet helps children learn grouping, tally marks, place value, addition, and subtraction. Students help the alien spaceship move cows into corrals by counting by 5s and 10s. They also can apply those grouping skills to practice adding and subtracting two-digit numbers with regrouping. Audio cues and prompts reinforce the user's actions and facilitate counting and the development of math language.

Type: Educational Software / Tool