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Chapter 2 - Lesson 4: Subtraction Strategies up to 20 & Counting Back (-)

Interactive lesson with 5 learning stations and smart audio player - Chapter 2 - Lesson 4: Subtraction Strategies up to 20 & Counting Back (-)

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Station 1 of 5 Spark & Prepare: Goals & Discovery
Primary 1 - Math Chapter 2: Numbers up to 20, Addition, Subtraction & Measurement

Mastering Subtraction: Taking Away & Counting Back! ➖🍪

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Welcome back! Subtraction is the opposite of addition: it means removing or taking away some items from a whole set to find out how many are left! Imagine you have 9 fresh cookies and you share 3 with your brother, how many cookies remain? We start at 9 on our number line and jump backwards 3 steps: 8, 7, 6! The remainder is 6 cookies! Let us master subtraction facts up to 20!

➖ Subtraction Fundamentals

• Subtraction: Taking away to find the difference.
• Minus Sign (-): Indicates removal and deduction.
• Difference / Remainder: What is left over.
• Example: 15 apples - 5 apples = 10 apples remaining.

📉 Counting Back Strategy

To solve 12 - 3:
1. Start at 12.
2. Count backward 3 steps: 11, 10, 9!
3. The remaining difference is 9! Simple, logical, and dependable!

🧩 Subtraction Fact Challenges
8 - 3 = 5
Took 3 Away
10 - 4 = 6
Ten Fact
7 - 7 = 0
Subtract from Self

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Subtraction (-)
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Taking away some objects to determine what remains
📖 Def: Decreasing
Minus Sign (-)
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Symbol indicating subtraction
📖 Def: Minus operator
Difference
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The amount remaining after subtraction
📖 Def: Leftover quantity
Counting Back
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Counting backwards from the larger number
📖 Def: Mental subtraction strategy
Subtracting Zero
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Subtracting 0 leaves the number unchanged (8 - 0 = 8)
📖 Def: Zero property
Subtracting Itself
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Subtracting a number from itself equals 0 (9 - 9 = 0)
📖 Def: Zero remainder
Minuend
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The starting total quantity from which another is subtracted
📖 Def: Initial quantity
Subtrahend
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The quantity that is taken away
📖 Def: Quantity subtracted
Crossing Out
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Marking through drawn objects to visualize removal
📖 Def: Visual strategy
Comparing Difference
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Finding how much larger one number is than another
📖 Def: Comparative subtraction
Addition Check
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Verifying subtraction by adding the difference to subtrahend
📖 Def: Checking work
Math Solver
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A student who applies arithmetic facts accurately
📖 Def: Honor title

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1 What is 7 - 3?
2 What is 10 - 6?
3 What is 8 - 8?
4 What is 14 - 0?
5 There were 9 birds in a tree. 4 flew away. How many remain?
6 Which symbol represents subtraction?
7 What is 15 - 5?
8 If you start at 11 on the number line and jump back 2 steps, where do you land?
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