Missing number questions in maths

[Mavey9]

Can anyone please suggest some decent online/app resources for helping with learning this skill? I know I can just write out some on paper but it's not very inspiring for a child doing it that way! (Year 1 child) thanks.

[jamdonut]

Sometimes they just need to see it on paper, rather than an 'all bells and whistles' screen. They have to learn to write number sentences.

[Mavey9]

Thanks but looking for something to do alongside the traditional approach. If she's turned off by looking at it then we need some other ways to get some practice in.

[PreAdvent13610]

towers of lego, duplo, use different colours to help
make paper or fabric flags of the different numbers and hang them on a washing line
use a whiteboard marker on the patio doors, close curtains stand outside

[Mavey9]

Thanks for ideas , just to be clear I'm
meaning the missing number in equations, as opposed to the missing number in a sequence. So for example 'X' - 6 = 14, 15 - 'X' = 8.

[Sallyhasleftthebuilding]

Use Lego pasta tins cakes anything you have 15 of ....

[user789653241]

www.mathgames.com/skill/1.51-complete-the-subtraction-sentence-with-numbers-up-to-18

www.mathgames.com/skill/1.46-complete-the-equation-with-sums-up-to-20

Something like this?

[user789653241]

Or this?

www.mathgames.com/skill/3.75-solve-for-the-variable-with-addition-and-subtraction

[Mavey9]

Thank you very much I will take a look.

[thecatfromjapan]

Making up as many number sentences as possible from one basic number sentence (eg. 3+4=7, or 3x2=6) is also a good way of building up the skills for this.

[ILoveMyMonkey]

Cross the swamp www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/crosstheswamp.shtml is a good missing number game that I use regularly with my yr1's and 2's.

[OutwiththeOutCrowd]

A possible low tech option is to use a Snakes and Ladders board (ignoring the Snakes and Ladders) with numbered squares going from 1 to 100 as an alternative to a number line.

Suppose you want to solve 15 - x = 8, then to find x, you would count how many 'hops' back you would need to do to go from square 15 to square 8.

Suppose you want to solve x - 6 = 14, then to find x, you need to find which square requires six hops back to get to square 14. Perhaps start with x - 1 = 14 and see the general pattern.

And once the maths is mastered, there is always the lure of a celebratory game of Snakes and Ladders.

Hands-on activities are really good for making new ideas more concrete.