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Subtraction Using Number Lines
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Subtraction Using Number Lines
Help Maia pack kai for a picnic. Use the number line to jump backwards: jump back in tens, then in ones. Show your jumps for questions that ask you to.
Warm-up: Make Backward Jumps
Start at the first number and jump back by the amount being taken away.
1.Maia has 46 mandarins. She packs 20. Use the number line to show one jump back of 20. How many mandarins are left?
2.There are 38 cheese rolls in the picnic basket. The family eats 6. Start at 38, then jump back 6 ones. How many rolls remain?
3.Solve 57 − 23. Show two backward jumps: first 20, then 3.
4.Maia starts at 64 and jumps back 30, then 5. Write the subtraction sentence and the number she lands on.
Check the Picnic Counts
Think about whether each subtraction statement is correct.
5.True or false: 50 − 18 = 32. Choose one and, if it is false, write the correct answer.
TrueFalse
6.True or false: 72 − 40 = 42. Choose one and correct the number sentence.
TrueFalse
7.Fill in the missing number: 81 − □ = 51. Use a backward jump to work out how far you need to jump.
Picnic Puzzle
Use number-line jumps to solve these picnic problems.
8.There are 65 apples ready for the picnic. The group eats 28. How many apples are left? Show jumps of 20 and then 8.
9.Maia has 74 paper plates. She gives 32 to the picnic group. How many plates does she have left? Show your jumps.
10.A picnic box starts with 90 crackers. After some are shared, 56 remain. How many crackers were shared? Write a subtraction sentence.
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