1-32 More Subtraction Practice

You can practice subtraction by counting things.

You have 6 apples.

You give 2 apples away.

How many apples do you have left?

6 - 2 = 4

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4

You can also count backward.

What does 6 - 2 equal?

You want the number that is 2 less than 6.

Count 2 numbers backward from 6.

6  5  4...

So 6 - 2 = 4

Fill in the boxes by counting things.

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6 - 2 =

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4 - 2 =

 

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10 - 4 =

 

Fill in the boxes by counting backward.

 

6          3

10      8      6      4

6          3      1

16              12          9

 

9 - 3 =	7 - 5 =	3 - 2 =	15 - 5 =
7 - 2 =	10 - 8 =	4 - 2 =	8 - 3 =