Year 5 mental addition and subtraction
Strengthen mental strategies with this Year 5 addition and subtraction lesson pack for Autumn Block 2. Designed to support the first small step in the White Rose scheme, this lesson helps pupils use number bonds, place value and compensation strategies to solve calculations mentally.
Children explore how knowledge of basic facts (like 7 + 3 = 10) helps them solve related problems involving thousands, tens of thousands and beyond. The pack includes clear modelling, partitioning, and practice using rounding and adjusting to build efficient mental methods.
What’s included in this lesson pack?
- Year 5 mental addition and subtraction PowerPoint
- Differentiated mental strategies worksheet
- Problem-solving challenge sheet with target number activity
- Lesson plan with teaching notes and key questions
Curriculum links
- Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
- Use number bonds and place value to support mental calculation
- Apply rounding and compensation to adjust calculations
This is the first lesson in our Year 5 Autumn Block 2: Addition and Subtraction unit. Aligned with White Rose Maths and ideal for whole-class teaching or guided practice.
