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4. Subtraction

Take Away

A girl is holding five flowers in her hand. The girl who had five flowers in hand gives two flowers to another girl. The girl is now left with three flowers in her hand.


5 Flowers          Take away 2 Flowers                        Left 3 Flowers


The first part of the image shows four leaves in a box, the second part of the image shows two leaves in the box and two outside it.   _____ leaves remain when two leaves taken away from four.

4 Leaves        Take away           2 Leaves                      Left _____Leaves


There are three butterflies near a sunflower. Then all the three butterflies flew away from the flower. There is____ butterfly on the flower.

_____ ___Butterflies Fly away _____ Left _____ Butterflies




A boy is holding three pencils in his hand and a girl is standing next to him, empty handed. The boy gave one pencil to that girl.The boy is now left with ___ pencils.

_____Pencils                  Take away _____   Pencils           Left _____Pencils


Teachers Note _____

  • Refer to page no. 141 to develop understanding of subtraction.

Subtraction

There are six jugs.Out of the six, four jugs are broken.There are ___ jugs left.

6 − 4 = 2




Five frogs are sitting near a pond. Out of five, two frogs have jumped inside the pond._____frogs remain outside the pond.

 

5 − 2 = _____




  There are nine leaves on the branch of a tree. Four leaves have fallen down from the branch.____ leaves are now left on the branch.

 

9 − 4 = _____



There are five mangoes in a basket. A girl is eating one mango from the basket._______ mangoes are left in the basket.

 

5 − 1 = _____



Subtraction

There are three empty glasses. Broken pieces of all the glasses.

____ − ____ = _____



Seven pears. A man took away four pears in his hands out of seven._____ pears are now remaining.

 

____ − ____ = _____



There are six apples. Someone took away four apples in his hands from the six apples.______ apples are now remaining.

 

____ − ____ = _____



There are seven flowers in a pot. There is no flower in the pot. There are ________ flowers in the hand of the man.

____ − ____ = _____


Subtraction

There are three cows, one is going away from the other two cows.

3 − 1 = 2



The first part of the image shows four books and the second part of the image shows three books are taken away.

____ − ____ = _____



The first part of the image shows four tomatoes and the second part of the image shows no tomato is taken away.

____ − ____ = _____



The first part of the image shows three rolls of thread. The second part of the image shows two rolls of thread are taken away.

____ − ____ = _____


Subtract

There are five circles, out of which, four are marked with cross on them.

5 − 4 = 1

Four is subtracted from five and the result is one.


There are six circles, out which two are marked with cross over them.

6 − 2 = ____

Two is subtracted from six and a blank space is given to write the result.



There are nine circles, out of them, five are marked with cross on them.

9 − 5 = ____

Five is subtracted from nine and a blank space is given to write the result.



There are four circles and all of them are marked with crosses.  

4 − 4 = ____

Four is subtracted from four and a blank space is given to write the result.



There are eight circles, crosses are put on three circles.

8 − 3 = ____

Three is subtracted from eight and a blank space is given to write the result.


Subtract and Match

4 – 2

9 – 5

7 – 2

8 – 2

9 – 1

7 – 4

5 – 1

8 – 0

6 − 3

5 – 3

7 – 1

8 – 3

5 – 0

7 – 7

 

 Subtract

4 – 2 = 2

5 – 2 = _____

7 – 7 = _____

8 – 4 = _____

3 – 1 = _____

4 – 0 = _____

6 – 5 = _____


Zero is subtracted from two and a blank space is given to write the result.   Seven is subtracted from nine and a blank space is given to write the result. zero is subtracted from three and a blank space is given to write the result.

Eight is subtracted from eight and a blank space is given to write the result. Four is subtracted from six and a blank space is given to write the result. Two is subtracted from four and a blank space is given to write the result.


Write the missing numbers

8 – _____ = 7

5 – _____ = 1

3 – _____ = 3

9 – 2 = _____



_____ – 2 = 3

_____ – 3 = 5

_____ – 2 = 0

_____ - 2 = 7