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Tens Ones
3. There are 16 frogs in the pond. 4 of

them hopped away. How many frogs

are left in the pond? –

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4. John had 9 kittens. He gave 7 to

his neighbours. How many kittens
does he have now? –

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5. Sally saw 19 fish. 7 of them swam away.
How many fish were left? –

Challenge Question Critical Thinking

Reena had 15 storybooks in her collection. She lent 6 books to her cousin.
Which subtraction sentence shows how many books Reena has now?
(a) 6 – 15 (b) 15 + 6 (c) 15 – 6 (d) 6 – 9

addition and Subtraction reLationSHiP

A number fact is a simple statement made up of
three different numbers. for example, 4 + 3 = 7

is a number fact.

Here, the three numbers used are 4, 3 and 7.

Latika: Add 4 and 5 in any order, the answer will
be the same. 4 + 5 = 9 same answer

or 5 + 4 = 9

Shreyas: We can have two subtraction facts for the above addition facts as

9 – 5 = 4 and 9 – 4 = 5

Mayank: The relationship between addition and subtraction is beautiful.
For each addition fact, there are two subtraction facts.

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