What’s on the Adding nine poster
The rule, 4 worked examples.
- Adding nine: Add ten, then take one back.
- n + 9
- 2 + 9 = 11
- 4 + 9 = 13
- 6 + 9 = 15
- 8 + 9 = 17
9 + n gives the same answer as n + 9. Swapping the order never changes a sum.
Questions about the Adding nine poster
- What’s on the Adding nine poster?
- The rule, 4 worked examples. Adding nine: Add ten, then take one back.; n + 9; 2 + 9 = 11; 4 + 9 = 13; 6 + 9 = 15; 8 + 9 = 17. 9 + n gives the same answer as n + 9. Swapping the order never changes a sum.
- Who is the Adding nine poster for?
- Adding nine is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Adding nine poster?
- Cover the answers and go down the list. Ten seconds, once a day. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Adding nine belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Adding nine?
- Adding zero, Adding one and Adding ten sit alongside Adding nine in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adding zeroAdding oneAdding ten
- Is the Adding nine poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Adding nine downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Adding nine poster print at?
- Adding nine is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Adding nine loses nothing.Printing guide
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