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Subtraction

Subtraction means taking away.

There were 10 pencils in the drawer. Aarushi
used 5 of them.

How many pencils are left now?

In the given picture, we see 5 pencils are left.
The sign of subtraction is '–'. It is called minus.

for subtraction, we first write the larger
number, put the minus sign and then write the

smaller number.

The above subtraction can be written as
10 – 5 = 5

It is read as ‘10 minus 5 is equal to 5’.

Practice time 4a

1. Look at each picture and complete the subtraction sentence. One has been

done for you.

(a) (b) (c)

5 – 4 = 1 8 – 3 = 7 – 1 =

(d) (e) (f)

9 – 5 = 6 – 2 = 10 – 7 =

Teacher’s To strengthen the concept of taking away, provide the students with some concrete items. One student will pick
Tip up some items. Then he/she will give some of them to another student and count the remaining left with him/her.

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