Year 3 · Mathematics · Lesson 9

leg ok drag

Adding and Taking — Add and subtract aloud.

Grammar point

An operation is spoken as an SOV clause: the two terms, then the operation verb.

Vocabulary

leg

/leg/

to add

drag

/drag/

to subtract

sum

/sum/

total

rest

/rest/

remainder

lik

/lik/

equal

talra

/ˈtalra/

number

Examples

þri ok fjor leg-a: sum sjau lik-a þar.

Three plus four equals seven.

tin drag tva: rest atta þar.

Ten minus two leaves eight.

Drills

  • Speak twenty sums aloud.
  • Write ten subtractions in Sethun.