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1st grade math · Unit 2: Equations and three numbers

The missing number anywhere

What this lesson shows

9 + □ = 12, 17 = □ + 5, and □ − 4 = 8, each turned into a fact you know.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 9 + □ = 12. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Say it with "what"
  2. Find it with a fact you know
  3. Write it in the box

Helping at home

Say the problem with "what" for the box: "9 plus what makes 12?" Then find it with a fact you know, adding or taking away. The total can come first.

If your kid gets stuck

Say it with "what" for the box.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 1.OA.D.8
    Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = _ - 3, 6 + 6 = _.
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