Subtraction Concepts

Use Pictures

100

7 bees     2 fly away 

How many bees are there now?

5 bees

200

8 birds     4 fly away     

How many birds are there now?

4 birds

300

Draw to show the story:

7 birds     5 fly away

How many birds fly away?

2 birds

400

Draw to show the story:

9 cows     6 cows walk away

How many cows are there now?

3 cows

500

Miss Smith had 8 stickers. She gave 5 away. How many stickers does she have now?

3 stickers

Counters

100

There are 5 books. 1 is red, the rest are yellow. How many books are yellow?

4 books

200

There are 6 blocks. 3 are small and the rest are big. How many blocks are big?

Write the subtraction sentence?

3 big blocks

300

There are 7 children playing. Some children go home, 2 children are still playing. How many children go home?

7-____= 2

5 children

400

There are 8 flowers. 3 are short, the rest are tall, how many flowers are tall?

5 flowers

500

There are 9 children on the playground. 5 are boys and the rest are girls. How many are girls?

4 girls

Model Subtraction

100

There are 9 bugs on a rock. 7 bugs a ran away. How many bugs are on the rock now?

2 bugs

200

There are 5 birds. 2 are big and the rest are small. How many are small?

3 small

300

Ally has 10 grapes. She eats 4 grapes, how many grapes does she still have?

6 grapes

400

Mr. Smith makes 8 sandwiches. He makes 2 peanut butter sandwiches. The rest are cheese. How many cheese sandwiches does he makes?

6 cheese sandwiches

500

There were 9 spiders in the grass. Some spiders carried away. Then there were 3 spiders. How many spiders carried away?

6 spiders

Take Apart Numbers

100

Joe has 9 marbles. He gave them all to his brother. How many marbles does he have now?

0 marbles

200

James has 6 books. He shares them with his sister. Draw one way he can share the books

6-1=5

6-2=4

6-3=3

6-4=2

6-5=1

300

Sarah uses 7 marbles to play a game. She loses 1 marble. Then she loses 1 more. How many marbles does she have left?

5 marbles

400

Use pictures and numbers to show three different ways to take apart 9

9-0=9

9-1=8

9-2=7

9-3=6

9-4=5

9-5=4

9-6=3

9-7=2

9-8=1

9-9=0

500

Use pictures and numbers to show all the ways to take apart 8

8-0=8

8-1=7

8-2=6

8-3=5

8-4=4

8-5=3

8-6=2

8-7=1

8-8=0

Compare

100

There are 6 swings and 4 slides on the playground. How many fewer slides are there?

2 fewer slides

200

There are 7 bees and 3 flowers. How many fewer flowers are there than bees?

4 fewer flowers

300

There are 4 balls and 1 glove. How many more balls are there?

3 more balls

400

Geo has 6 apples. Laura has 2 fewer apples. How many apples does Laura have?

4 apples

500

Dana has 8 books. Gabe has 3 books. Tell who has more books. How many more books?

Dana has 5 more books