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Doubles and Halves

We used the 'five-and-a-bit-ness' of these numbers to help us quickly work out doubles and halves. 

In this example we doubled 7 by quickly adding 5 and 5 to make 10. Then adding 2 and 2 to make 4. We then added 10 and 4 together to make 14.

Can you use this technique to quickly work out all the doubles and halves to 20?

5+5=

6+6=

7+7=

8+8=

9+9=

10+10=