MA.1.AR.2.1

Restate a subtraction problem as a missing addend problem using the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Examples

Example: The equation 12-7=? can be restated as 7+?=12 to determine the difference is 5.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: Addition and subtraction are limited to sums within 20 and related subtraction facts.
General Information
Subject Area: Mathematics (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 1
Strand: Algebraic Reasoning
Status: State Board Approved

Benchmark Instructional Guide

Connecting Benchmarks/Horizontal Alignment

 

Terms from the K-12 Glossary

  • Equation 
  • Expression

 

Vertical Alignment

Previous Benchmarks

 

Next Benchmarks

 

Purpose and Instructional Strategies

The purpose of this benchmark is to get students thinking about the relationships between addition and subtraction. In Kindergarten, students explored equations and developed an understanding of the equal sign by explaining why addition and subtraction equations are true using objects and drawings. 
  • Instruction may present equations in different forms such as a + b = c or c = a + b
  • Instruction may include students using a related addition fact or a part-part-whole mat to help them find the missing addend in a subtraction equation.

 

Common Misconceptions or Errors

  • Students may not recognize how an addition problem can help them solve a subtraction problem. Guided practice with related facts may be helpful for students who do not recognize this. 
  • Students may solve the equation and look for the solution in the answer choices rather than relying on reasoning.

 

Strategies to Support Tiered Instruction

  • Teacher provides opportunities to use number bonds to develop an understanding of fact families and inverse relationships.
    • For example, students create a number bond for the number 9 using counters on a number bond work mat. Students then write the fact families for the number 9. Discussion should be focused on how the fact families are related and how knowing the addition facts can help the students solve a subtraction problem. 

  • Instruction provides opportunities to match a range of subtraction equations to their missing addend equation. 
    • For example, the teacher provides a variety of equations which may include: 11 – 4 = ____, 4 + ___ = 11, ___ + 4 = 11, ___ + 11 = 4, and 11 + ___ = 4. Students determine which missing addend equations will help them solve 11 – 4 = ____. The discussion should focus on reasoning about which missing addend equations will help them solve 11 – 4 = ____. The discussion should focus on reasoning about which equations will work and which will not. 

A variety of equations

  • Instruction provides opportunities to solve problems that highlight the relationship between addition and subtraction using a linear ten frame.
    • For example, students use two different colors to shade the addend on the ten frame. Students write the addition fact that is represented on the ten frame 5 + 3 = 8. They then subtract 3 from 8 by folding under the three “orange” blocks. Students are left with the 5 “blue” blocks, so 8 − 3 = 5. They should practice with multiple addition facts. Discussion should be focused on the relationship between addition and subtraction. 

a linear ten frame with two different colors

  • Teacher provides opportunities to work in reverse of the benchmark to solve missing addend equations and then write the subtraction equation that matches the missing addend equation. 
    • For example, students use two-color counters to build the knowns of the following equation on a given empty equation mat 5 + ____ = 9. 

  • Teacher asks “How many do you need to put in the empty space to equal the other side of the equation of you already have 5? Can we write a subtraction equation to help us solve this problem?”

 

Instructional Tasks

Instructional Task 1 (MTR.7.1

Katina has 14 grapes. She gives 8 of them to her brother Kevin. What addition problem could help Katina figure out how many grapes she has left for herself?

 

Instructional Items

Instruction Item 1 

Which addition equation can help you determine 10 − 3? 
  • a. 3+10=13 
  • b. 5+3=8 
  • c. 7+3=10 
  • d. 11+3=14

 

Instructional Item 2 

Complete the part-part-whole mat to help you determine 11 − 5. 

 

*The strategies, tasks and items included in the B1G-M are examples and should not be considered comprehensive.

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.
MA.1.AR.2.AP.1: Use the relationship between addition and subtraction to explore subtraction as addition with a missing addend.

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Formative Assessments

Using Inverse Operations:

Students identify an addition equation that can be used to solve a subtraction problem.

Type: Formative Assessment

Two Students' Strategies:

Students examine two related strategies to solve a subtraction problem.

Type: Formative Assessment

Using Addition to Solve Subtraction Problems:

Students use the relationship between addition and one subtraction to solve a subtraction equation.

Type: Formative Assessment

Use Addition to Solve Subtraction:

Students are given a subtraction problem and asked to solve the problem using a related addition fact.

Type: Formative Assessment

Lesson Plans

Let’s Find the Missing Addend:

This lesson will strengthen student understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction equations. Students will use counters and part-part whole boards to model restating subtraction equations as addition equations with a missing addend.

Type: Lesson Plan

Mystery Bag to 12:

This lesson deals with finding an unknown number in a subtraction equation by thinking addition and counting on. It utilizes the part-part-whole organizer and manipulatives to support the learning of students.

Type: Lesson Plan

Think Addition and Make a Ten to Subtract:

This lesson will teach students a strategy to subtract one-digit numbers from teen numbers by thinking addition and making-a-ten using double ten frames and two-color counters. This lesson supports previous work with restating subtraction problems as missing addend problems.

Type: Lesson Plan

Related Equations:

Students will understand how addition and subtraction are related using math manipulatives.

Type: Lesson Plan

Survey Says... We're Using TRIG!:

This lesson is meant as a review after being taught basic trigonometric functions. It will allow students to see and solve problems from a real-world setting. The Perspectives video presents math being used in the real-world as a multimedia enhancement to this lesson. Students will find this review lesson interesting and fun.

Type: Lesson Plan

Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea

Equations on the Math Balance:

Unlock an effective teaching strategy for teaching inequalities and equations with the math balance in this Teacher Perspectives video for educators.

Type: Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea

MFAS Formative Assessments

Two Students' Strategies:

Students examine two related strategies to solve a subtraction problem.

Use Addition to Solve Subtraction:

Students are given a subtraction problem and asked to solve the problem using a related addition fact.

Using Addition to Solve Subtraction Problems:

Students use the relationship between addition and one subtraction to solve a subtraction equation.

Using Inverse Operations:

Students identify an addition equation that can be used to solve a subtraction problem.

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