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Subtraction as Taking Away – Exercise 5

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

    A shelf has 9 books. You take 5. How many are on the shelf?

  2. Question 2

    Multiple choice

    🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 frogs on a log. 2 jump into the water. How many are on the log?

  3. Question 3

    Multiple choice

    You have 3 marbles and lose 3. How many marbles do you have?

  4. Question 4

    Sequence

    Taking away pattern: 10, 9, 8, 7, ?

  5. Question 5

    True or false

    If you take away 2 from 5, you have 4 left.

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