Taking away
Some go away. How many are left?
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Taking away means some go away. Count what is left.
Look: 12 laddoos. 5 are eaten (crossed out). 7 are left.
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110 − 4 = ?
2You have ₹20. You spend ₹8. How much is left?
313 − 5 = ?
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✗Writing 6 − 15.
✓Start with how many there were: 15 − 6.
✗For 9 − 3, counting back "9, 8, 7".
✓Jump back 3 times from 9: 8, 7, 6. So 9 − 3 = 6.
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Taking away means some go away. Count what is left.
Start with all of them. Cross out the ones that go. Count the rest. On a number line, taking away means jumping back.
Think of it like this15 birds sit on a wire. 6 fly away. The birds still sitting there are what is left.
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- Minus: take away.
- Left
- What stays after some go.
Solved together
15 birds sat on a wire. 6 flew away. How many are left?
Birds went away, so we take away.
15 − 6 = ?Draw 15 dots. Cross out 6.
Count the dots that are not crossed out.
9
Answer9 birds are left.
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