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Subtraction Take Away Practice
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Subtraction Take Away Practice
Help Miri pack kai for a picnic. For each problem, take away the things that are used or shared, then write how many are left. You can cross out pictures to help.
Pack the picnic
Count the kai, take some away, and find how many are left.
1.Miri packs 6 apples and shares 2. Cross out the apples she shares. How many apples are left? 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
2.There are 5 kūmara on the picnic plate. Miri eats 1. How many kūmara are left? 🍠 🍠 🍠 🍠 🍠
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3.Miri has 7 mandarins. She gives 3 to her cousin. Finish the number sentence: 7 − 3 =
4.A kete holds 8 feijoas. Miri takes out 4. How many feijoas stay in the kete? 🍈 🍈 🍈 🍈 🍈 🍈 🍈 🍈
5.Miri picks 9 shells at the beach and gives 2 back to the sea. Fill in the missing number: 9 − = 7
Picnic puzzles
Use counting, crossing out, or drawing to solve each one.
6.There are 10 crackers. Miri and her cousin eat 3. How many crackers are left? 10 − 3 = ____
7.Six tūī are sitting on a fence. Two fly away. Choose how many tūī are still there.
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8.Miri has 9 picnic cups. Three are used. Write the subtraction sentence and how many cups are unused.
9.Fill in the missing starting number: − 2 = 5
10.Draw a take-away story using dots or pictures. Show 7 things to start with, cross out 3, then write how many are left.
Draw 7 things. Cross out 3. Then write: 7 − 3 = ____
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