Max Maths, Year 2, Try it, Subtracting tens and hundreds (1)

In the 'Max Maths' curriculum tailored for Year 2 students, there's an engaging exercise that helps children practice subtracting tens and hundreds. The 'Try It' section of the workbook presents a hands-on activity where students are asked to look at visual representations of blocks to understand subtraction in a more concrete manner. Each problem provides a set of blocks that represent a specific number, and the children are tasked with completing subtraction sentences based on these visual prompts.

The activity includes four individual problems, labelled from (a) to (d), each with its own set of blocks and corresponding subtraction sentence to fill in. For example, in problem (a), there is a certain number of blocks shown, and the students must determine what number is represented by the blocks and then subtract a given number from it, writing the answer in the space provided. This exercise not only reinforces numerical subtraction skills but also helps to solidify the concept of tens and hundreds in a child's understanding, making it an excellent tool for building foundational maths knowledge in young learners.