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Solve subtraction word problems within 10

Students will solve simple subtraction word problems with minuends up to 10, using objects, drawings, or equations. Problems involve taking away, comparing, or finding a missing part.

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Solve subtraction word problems within 10

Kindergarten · Addition and Subtraction Within 10 · question 1 of 3

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A muffin tin holds six muffins. Two muffins go onto a plate. How many muffins stay in the tin?

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A take-away story is subtraction.

Left means what stays.

Read it: Take away, count back

There are 8 apples. 2 are taken away. Count back: 8, 7. 6 are left.

  1. Start with 8.
  2. Take away 2.
  3. Count back: 8, 7. Now 6.

Taking away makes a number smaller, so you count back, not on.

You start at 8, the number you have, not at 1.

2 taken away from 8 leaves 6 apples on the tray.

Start with what you have. Count back.

Saying 2, the ones taken away, for how many are left.

Count what is still there: 6 apples.

6 − 1 = ___ — 5. Count back 1 from 6: 5.

7 − 3

Let's solve a math story about apples. Listen carefully!

There are seven apples on the table. Let's count them: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Yum! We eat three of the apples.

We cross out the three apples we ate, because they are gone.

Now, how many apples are still on the table?

Let's count what is left: one, two, three, four. Four apples!

We can write this as a math sentence: seven minus three equals what?

Seven take away three is four.

Four apples are left. You solved a subtraction story. Great job!

7 apples — eat 3 — how many left?7 apples on the table●●●●●●●We eat 3 applesHow many are left?12347−3=?4ANSWER4apples left
Kindergarten · 7 apples, eat 3, how many left?

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