What’s on the Part, Part, Whole poster
The rule, 4 worked examples.
- Two parts join to make a whole. If you know both parts, add. If you know the whole an…
- part + part = whole
- Parts 24 and 18, whole? = 42
- Whole 50, one part 22 = 28
- Had 35, given 14 more = 49
- Had 60, lost 27 = 33
The biggest number in the problem is nearly always the whole. Find it first.
Questions about the Part, Part, Whole poster
- What’s on the Part, Part, Whole poster?
- The rule, 4 worked examples. Two parts join to make a whole. If you know both parts, add. If you know the whole an…; part + part = whole; Parts 24 and 18, whole? = 42; Whole 50, one part 22 = 28; Had 35, given 14 more = 49; Had 60, lost 27 = 33. The biggest number in the problem is nearly always the whole. Find it first.
- Who is the Part, Part, Whole poster for?
- Part, Part, Whole is filed under 2nd Grade (ages 7–8), 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 Part, Part, Whole poster?
- Draw the bar before choosing an operation. The picture tells you which one. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Part, Part, Whole belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Part, Part, Whole?
- Adding with Regrouping, Addition & Subtraction Facts and am and pm sit alongside Part, Part, Whole in the 2nd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adding with RegroupingAddition & Subtraction Factsam and pm
- Is the Part, Part, Whole poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Part, Part, Whole downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 2nd 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 Part, Part, Whole poster print at?
- Part, Part, Whole 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 Part, Part, Whole loses nothing.Printing guide
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