Selecting the Correct Inverse WORKSHEET

Suitable for Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
CCSS: 2.NBT.B.5, 3.OA.C.7
CCSS Description: Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

Selecting the Correct Inverse WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION

Understanding how to select and use inverse operations is essential for students to use function machines, solve linear equations, and answer many other problems. This colorful worksheet will familiarise your learners with the basics of this principle.

In section A, students will simply select the correct inverse operation to all four operations before completing a match up activity in section B. Here students will match six mathematical statements with their correct inverse operations.

Next, in section C, students are faced with another six mathematical statements and this time must write the correct inverse operation of each themselves. Answers may vary here, which provides a great classroom discussion point.