Subtraction Equations
Subtraction Stories
Fill in the blank
Apple story
Fill in the blank
Mr. Fox and his Balloons
Subtraction vocabulary
100

3-2=______

*please prompt scholars to use their math strategies of drawing it out ,fingers, and or manipulatives . Have Cubes for them to utilize.

1

100

Ms Brisby Has 4 cupcakes . She Gave 3 to Ms. Gardner. How many cupcakes does Ms Brisby have left?

                     0    0 0 0

_______ -_______ =_________

Ms.Brisby has ________ cupcakes left.



1

0

100

Explain to fill in the blank ,call these circle apples! some got bite into. (SCROLL DOWN)

            0 0        0

 _______ -_______ =_________  0R

_______ -_______ =_________

3-2=1  0R  3-1=2

100

Mr. fox had 3 balloons in his hand. 2 flew away. how many balloons were left in Mr. fox hands.

There are_________ balloons at first.

______  balloons flew away.

There are _______balloons left.

3,2,1

3-2=1


100

Name the sign 

     __

minus

200

4-1=________

*please prompt scholars to use their math strategies of drawing it out ,fingers, and or manipulatives . Have Cubes for them to utilize.

3

200

Ms Campbell has 5 donuts. She gave 1 to Ms.E. How many donuts does Ms Campbell have left?

                      0 0 0 0   0

 _______ -________ =_________

Ms.Campbell has _________ left.


4

0 0 0 0

200

Explain to fill in the blank ,call these circle apples! some got bite into. (SCROLL DOWN)

0 0 0                     0 

_______ -_______ =_________  0R

_______ -_______ =_________

4-1=3   0R  4-3=1

200

Mr. fox had 5 balloons in his hand. 4 flew away. how many balloons were left in Mr. fox hands.

There are_________ balloons at first.

______  balloons flew away.

There are _______balloons left.

5,4,1

5-4=1

200

Name the sign

=

equal sign

300

5-3=________

*please prompt scholars to use their math strategies of drawing it out ,fingers, and or manipulatives . Have Cubes for them to utilize.


2

300

There were 7 monkeys in a tree. 5 monkeys swung away. How many monkeys were left in the tree.

                      0 0     0 0 0 0 0

_______ -_______ =_________

There were __________ monkeys left in the tree.

2

0 0

300

Explain to fill in the blank ,call these circle apples! some got bite into. (SCROLL DOWN)

0 0                      0 0 0 

_______ -_______ =_________  0R

_______ -_______ =_________

5-2=3   0R 5-3=2

300

Mr. fox had 6 balloons in his hand. 3 flew away. how many balloons were left in Mr. fox hands.

There are_________ balloons at first.

______  balloons flew away.

There are _______balloons left.

6,3,3 

6-3=3

300

which phrase means to subtract ?


in all   or  how many left ?

how many left 

400

8-4=_______

*please prompt scholars to use their math strategies of drawing it out ,fingers, and or manipulatives . Have Cubes for them to utilize.

4

400

There were 9 paint brushes in a jar. Ms.Z took out 4 to create a beautiful painting. How many paint brushes was left in the jar?

                   0 0 0 0 0      0 0  0  0

_______ -_______ =________

Ms.Z has________  paint brushes left.

5

0 0 0 0 0 

400

Explain to fill in the blank ,call these circle apples! some got bite into. (SCROLL DOWN)

0 0 0 0 0                   0 0 0 

_______ -_______ =_________  0R

_______ -_______ =_________

8-3=5 0R 8-5=3

400

Mr. fox had 8 balloons in his hand. 4 flew away. how many balloons were left in Mr. fox hands.

There are_________ balloons at first.

______  balloons flew away.

There are _______balloons left.

8,4,4 

8-4=4

400

which phrase means to subtract


take away  or add more  

take away

500

10-0=___________

*please prompt scholars to use their math strategies of drawing it out ,fingers, and or manipulatives . Have Cubes for them to utilize.

10

500

Ms. Jones has 10 eggs. She uses 4 eggs. How many eggs does Ms. Jones have left? Fill in each blank. 

             0 0 0 0 0 0       0 0 0 0

_______ -________=________

Ms. Jones has__________ eggs left.

6

0 0 0 0 0 0

500

Explain to fill in the blank ,call these circle apples! some got bite into. (SCROLL DOWN)

          0 0 0                      0 0 0 0

_______ -_______ =_________  0R

_______ -_______ =_________

7-4=3  OR  7-3=4

500

Mr. fox had 9 balloons in his hand. 0 flew away. how many balloons were left in Mr. fox hands.

There are_________ balloons at first.

______  balloons flew away.

There are _______balloons left.

9,0,9

9-0=9

500

what is this called 

1+1+2

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