Ingredient Search

Follow the clues step by step, then you will find the ingredient!
You start at a number and work out each clue one after the other.

Example: Start is 10.
First clue: +25, that makes 35.
Second clue: −12, that makes 23.
Third clue: +30, that makes 53.
The last number is the ingredient.

Always carry on with the result from the step before.
The numbers written in show the answer.

Example

5310+2535−1223+3053

For parents

What does this exercise practice?

Calculating several plus and minus steps safely one after the other up to 1,000,000 and keeping the intermediate result in your head.

Common pitfalls

Children often calculate from the starting number again instead of from the last result. It helps to write down each intermediate result and say it out loud.

How to practice at home

Play ingredient hunt with a starting number and dice-rolled addition and subtraction steps. Whoever names the final result first finds the ingredient.

Related: Number Sentences with a Gap

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