options: Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.

Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations. (Explanations may be supported by drawings or objects.)

Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.

Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
problem_activity: Stage 5: Subtract Two-digit Numbers
Required Preparation
Materials to Gather
Base-ten blocks
Number cubes
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Target Numbers Stage 5 Recording Sheet

Narrative
Students subtract two-digit numbers to get as close to 0 as possible. Students start their first equation with 100. Then, they take turns rolling the three cubes to get a number to subtract. They choose one of the numbers on the cubes to represent the tens and the other number to represent the ones. Students subtract their tens and ones from the starting number. The difference becomes the first number in the next equation. The player who gets closest to 0 in 6 rounds, without going below 0, is the winner.
Additional Information
Each group of 2 needs 3 number cubes.


correct_option_index: 1