Addition Basic Facts – Strategy 6: Near Doubles Near doubles is one of those strategies students pick up very quickly - if their doubles are secure. When students know their doubles, near doubles becomes a simple adjustment: 👉 double it… then add or subtract one. That small tweak builds flexible thinking and helps students move away from counting and towards reasoning. Using clear visual models makes this thinking obvious: • Ten-frames to see the structure of the double and the “extra one” • Pa