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Subtraction as Taking Away – Exercise 3

Understand subtraction as taking away objects.

Module

Addition & Subtraction

Age

Age 6

Duration

8 min

Questions

5

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  1. Question 1

    Multiple choice

    There are 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 balloons. 2 pop! How many are left?

  2. Question 2

    Multiple choice

    A garden has 8 flowers. You pick 3. How many are in the garden?

  3. Question 3

    Multiple choice

    10 children are playing. 6 go home. How many are still playing?

  4. Question 4

    Sequence

    Taking 3 away: 9, 6, 3, ?

  5. Question 5

    True or false

    8 take away 5 equals 2.

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