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
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4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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4 |
5 |
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