Subtraction
Subtraction is removing some objects from a group. The meaning of 5-3=2 is that three objects are taken away from a group of five objects and two objects remain.

The subtraction facts for 0, 1, and 2 are:
ZERO
 0-0=0  1-0=1  2-0=2  3-0=3  4-0=4  5-0=5  6-0=6  7-0=7  8-0=8  9-0=9
ONE
 1-1=0  2-1=1  3-1=2  4-1=3  5-1=4  6-1=5  7-1=6  8-1=7  9-1=8  10-1=9
TWO
 2-2=0  3-2=1  4-2=2  5-2=3  6-2=4  7-2=5  8-2=6  9-2=7  10-2=8  11-2=9
 
 
 
An example of subtraction.

8 - 5 = 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 1 2 3 4 5 = 1 2 3






What is the Difference between the two Numbers?

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