Finding efficient methods
Notice when a calculation or pattern repeats and use this to count more efficiently or predict results
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When your child is counting or doing repeated additions, have they started to notice the pattern — like "5, 10, 15, 20…" — and used it to predict the next number without counting one by one?
Notice when a calculation or pattern repeats and use this to count more efficiently or predict results
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Check understanding
- Notice that skip counting by 2s follows a repeating odd/even pattern
- Recognise that adding 1 to any number always gives the next counting number
- Use a repeated pattern (e.g. +10 on a hundred chart always moves down one row) to predict answers
“When your child is counting or doing repeated additions, have they started to notice the pattern — like "5, 10, 15, 20…" — and used it to predict the next number without counting one by one?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Mathematical Thinking
- Age range
- Ages 5–6