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Build Fluency · A place to think together

See the parts.
Find the whole.

Fluency is flexible, efficient, and accurate. Getting the answer is only part of it: we want to see connections and choose strategies that make sense.

There are many ways to build fluency. Here, explore visual cards together, connect a model to an equation, and click to reveal the total.

Let’s try it together

Four bands to explore. Take the time you need.

A little preview

How many altogether?

2 + 2 = ?

What parts do you see? How do they help?

1
Flexible
See more than one way. Choose a strategy that fits.
2
Efficient
Use patterns and relationships to make the work manageable.
3
Accurate
Find a result that makes sense, and explain how you know.

Learn more about fluency.

Explore Graham Fletcher’s explanation of learning facts through understanding and strategy, in “From Memory and Memorization: There IS a Difference.”

Learn with Graham Fletcher ↗

Make your next move.

Number Hive brings number facts into a strategy game. Try a game together and talk about the choices behind each move.

Explore Number Hive ↗

Visual arrangements adapted from the Quantity, Add and Subtract, Beginning Multiplication, and Upper-level Multiplication FLASH resources shared by Abby. Models are redrawn for the screen; extra equal-group cards invite new ways to see 36 and 72.