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Sylvan’s elementary school math programs will improve your child’s addition and subtraction skills.

At Sylvan, our personalized approach will help your child develop a stronger math foundation, achieve a greater understanding of addition and subtraction concepts and be able to quickly apply the skills necessary to succeed in the classroom and in everyday life. Get started today to find out how our elementary school math programs will help your child master the following grade level addition and subtraction skills...and much more.

First grade Second grade Third grade

Fourth grade Fifth grade

First Grade

• Understand addition and subtraction concepts using concrete objects and pictorial representation
• Add and subtract two, one-digit numbers without using objects or pictures
• Add a two-digit number to a one- or two-digit number with no regrouping
• Add three or more one-digit numbers
• Identify fact families with sums 0-18
• Subtract a one- and two-digit number from a two-digit number with no regrouping

Second Grade

• Demonstrate associative, commutative, and zero property of addition
• Develop computational fluency in addition and subtraction
• Add three, two-digit numbers
• Add two- and three-digit numbers with no regrouping
• Subtract two- and three-digit numbers with regrouping
• Subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number with regrouping
• Subtract two 2-digit numbers with regrouping
• Subtract two- or three-digit numbers with regrouping

Third Grade

• Add two-, three-, and four-digit numbers with regrouping
• Subtract a three- or four-digit number from a four- digit number with regrouping

Fourth Grade

• Add two or more multi-digit numbers with regrouping
• Subtract multi-digit numbers with regrouping
• Use estimation strategies for addition and subtraction

Fifth Grade

• Add and subtract multi-digit numbers without using a calculator

At Sylvan, we'll build the skills, habits and attitudes your child needs to master addition and subtraction in elementary school. Contact us to get started today!