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title: "Addition and subtraction using different strategies"
url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2021-09-30-addition-and-subtraction-using-different-strategies"
school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy"
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# Addition and subtraction using different strategies

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/33344543-3443-42BD-9F0F-178500E30675.jpeg)   30 September 2021

Today in Year 6, we have been using a variety of different methods to solve addition and subtraction problems. The children have applied bar models, place value grids and column methods to check their answers.

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