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Addition and Subtraction Word Problems – Year 3 Maths (Bar Models Explained)

🎓 Mathematiacal Modelling – Year 3 (ACARA Code : AC9M3N06)
🎯Focus:
📌 Solve real-life addition and subtraction word problems
📌 Use bar models to represent thinking
📌 Explain answers clearly


 💡Key Ideas (Quick Guide)

  • ⭐ Word problems tell a maths story
  • ⭐ Bar models show relationships
  • ⭐ Choose addition or subtraction carefully
  • ⭐ Always explain your answer

🎥Video Lessons


https://youtu.be/11b6tSdECbw

💡 Video Tips:

  • 👀 Look for keywords
  • ✏️ Draw the bar model first
  • ➕➖ Choose the operation
  • 🗣️ Explain what each number means

🧩 Mini Quiz – Quick Check

Try these after watching the video:

❓Question 1: 65 + ? = 120

✅ Answer: 55

❓Question 2: 140 − 58 = ?

✅ Answer: 82

❓Question 3: Which operation fits “how many more”?

✅ Answer: Subtraction

❓Question 4: What does this Bar Model represent?
┌─────────────┐
│ 45 │ 30 │
└─────────────┘

✅ Answer:  45 + 30 = 75

❓Question 5: A bar model has two parts: 18 and 24, and the total at the top is missing. What will be the number sentence for this bar model?

✅ Answer:  18 + 24 = 42

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