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Math · Ages 5–7 · 12 minutes

Number Bonds to 20: Fact Family House

A fact-family house helps children see one bond as four related equations instead of four unrelated facts.

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Number Bonds to 20: Fact Family House

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Today I am practising: connecting a number bond to related addition and subtraction facts

1

Use 6, 8, and 14. Write two addition facts.

2

For 6, 8, and 14, write two subtraction facts.

3

Use 10, 7, and 17. Fill the four fact-family windows.

4

A roof shows 9 and 9 making 18. Which two equations are the same addends?

5

Use 4, 16, and 20. Circle the equation with 20 as the starting number.

6

Make a new fact-family house using a whole between 11 and 20.

Grown-up note: Ask your learner to explain one answer in their own words.

For the grown-up

How to teach this page

  1. Step 1Build the bond first; introduce subtraction only after the two parts and whole are named.
  2. Step 2Read each equation as a sentence, not as isolated symbols.
  3. Step 3Point out that switching addends changes the order but not the total.