DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN MATHEMATICS

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:
1. Visualize the concept of subtraction;
2. Subtract one to three-digit numbers; and
3. Solve word problems involving subtraction.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: Subtraction of Whole Numbers
B. Skills: Calculate mentally
C. Values Infused: Cooperative and Collaborative
D. Materials: Activity sheets, Flashcards, Projector, Laptop, box of crayons
E. Reference: Teaching Mathematics in Primary Grades pg. 11-15

III. PROCEDURE (4A’s Method)

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

A. CLASSROOM ROUTINE
● Opening Prayer
- Our father who art in heaven…
● Greetings - Amen.
- Good morning, Class!

- Good morning teacher! Good

● Checking of attendance morning classmates!
● Review
- Class, what was our lesson
yesterday?
- It's the addition of whole numbers,
- Very Good! Can you give me the
Teacher!
basic concept of addition?
 - It is the process of putting two or
more numbers or things together!
Teacher!

- Very good! So now, we will now

proceed to our new lesson for
today.

B. MOTIVATION
- Class, Before we start the
discussion. We will first have an
energizer for our brain.

I have a box of crayons containing

24 pcs of crayons. If the teacher
gets 17 pcs of crayons, How many
crayons are left?

24 - 17 = ___ pcs of crayons

left.

24 pcs.

- 17 pcs.
= pcs.

- Who wants to answer? Just go to

- Me, teacher! I want to answer!
the board and write your answer
under the problem.

- Very good, your answer is correct!

 - Now, do you have an idea of what - Yes, teacher. I think It’s all about
our lesson is for today? subtraction.
- Very good, but I will teach you
class how to solve correctly and
know the basic concept of
subtraction of whole numbers.

- Yes, teacher!

C. LESSON PROPER
● Activity
- Class, I will group you into 3, and
each group will be given a paper
containing word problems and
number problems.
- So now, sit down and start
counting from 1 to 4, after that find
your groupmates. And form your
chairs into a circle. Get a piece of
paper and write your answers
down there.
- 1…2…3…4... and so on.
- You can answer it now just like
what your classmate did earlier in
our energizer for our brain.

- These are the problems that you

need to answer as a group. I will
give it to you okay?

- Group 1
 A. Word Problem:
1. Peter has 20 pesos in
his pocket. He buys a
vanilla ice cream for 12
pesos from the best ice
cream shop in the
neighborhood. How much
is Peter's change?

2. Sebastian has 8
pencils. He gives away 5
pencils to his friends. How
many pencils does he
have now?

B. Number Problem:
1. 50 - 37 = ____
2. 100 - 10 = ____
3. 35 - 9 = _____
- Group 1

A. Word Problem:
- Group 2 1. Peter has 20 pesos in

A. Word Problem: his pocket. He buys a

1. Diego bought 4 apples. vanilla ice cream for 12

He gave 1 apple to his pesos from the best ice

friend Kenn. How many cream shop in the

apples left now? neighborhood. How much

is Peter's change?

2. Jack had 10 mice. 6 Answer:

1 10
mice ran away. How do
 we find the number of 20
- 12
mice that are left?
08 pesos

2. Sebastian has 8
3. Hal had 6 cherries. His
pencils. He gives away 5
sister ate 3 of them. How
pencils to his friends. How
do we find the number of
many pencils does he
cherries that are left?
have now?
B. Number Problem:
Answer:
1. 25 - 3 = ____
8
2. 39 - 26 = ____
- 5
3 pencils

- Group 3
B. Number Problem:
A. Word Problem 1. 50 - 37 = 13
1. There were 7 mice in a 4 10

wagon. 3 mice jumped 50

out. How many mice are - 37

in the wagon now? 13

2. 100 - 10 = 90
9
B. Number Problem 0 10 10

1. 24 - 5 = _____ 100

2. 90 - 50 = _____ - 10

3. 54 - 8 = _____ 90

4. 37 - 9 = _____ 3. 35 - 9 = 26
2 15
35
- Group 4 - 9
A. Word Problem 26
1. A tree had 6 acorns.
The wind blew off 3
acorns. How many acorns - Group 2
 are left? A. Word Problem:
1. Diego bought 4 apples.
2. AJ saw 9 sharks. 5 of He gave 1 apple to his
them swam away. How friend Kenn. How many
many sharks are left now? apples left now?
Answer:
B. Number Problems 4
- 1
1. 86 - 23 = _____
3 apples
2. 21 - 5 = _____
3. 76 - 56 = ______
2. Jack had 10 mice. 6
mice ran away. How do
we find the number of
mice that are left?
Answer:
10
- 6
4 mices

3. Hal had 6 cherries. His

sister ate 3 of them. How
do we find the number of
cherries that are left?
Answer:
6
- 3
3 cherries

B. Number Problem:
1. 25 - 3 = 22
25
- 3
22
 2. 39 - 26 = 13
39
- 26
13

- Group 3

A. Word Problem
1. There were 7 mice in a
wagon. 3 mice jumped
out. How many mice are
in the wagon now?
Answer:
7
- 3
4 mices

B. Number Problem
1. 24 - 5 = 19
1 14
24
- 5
19

2. 90 - 50 = 40
90
- 50
40

3. 54 - 8 = 46
4 14
 54
- 8
46

4. 37 - 9 = 28
2 17
37
- 9
28

- Group 4

A. Word Problem
1. A tree had 6 acorns. The
wind blew off 3 acorns.
How many acorns are
left?
Answer:
6
- 3
3 acorns

2. AJ saw 9 sharks. 5 of
them swam away. How
many sharks are left now?
Answer:
9
- 5
4 sharks
 B. Number Problems
1. 86 - 23 = 63
86
- 23
63

2. 21 - 5 = 16
1 11
21
- 5
16

3. 76 - 56 = 20
76
- 56
20
- Excellent, class! Now let us
analyze your answers.

● Analysis
- What did you do to find the
answer?

- We used the subtraction operation

- Okay! Let me see if you get all the
to find the answer teacher!
correct answers. (Check the
papers)

- Every group got the correct

answer. How did you come up with
the steps in solving the problem?
 - For example in our group, we
- That’s right! Later we will discuss
its part.
- You did well, class. I think you
know how to use the operation.
observe that the first number is
higher than the 2nd number is
lower so with the use of subtraction
sign we subtract the lower number
from higher number. Just like when
we buy candy worth 1 peso then
we have 2 pesos.and the left
money we have is 1 peso.

● Abstraction
- Basically, subtraction is the
process of taking away one
number from another.

- Do you have an idea about the

parts of the subtraction sentence?

- In the subtraction sentence 9 - 6 =

3, 9 is called minuend and 6 is
called subtrahend while 3 is called
- No, ma’am.
product. Did you get it?

- For instance, on 10 - 8, what is the

product?
 - Yes, ma’am.
- That is correct!

- To sum it up, subtraction is putting

- 2, teacher.
away and the subtrahend is
subtracted from minuend then, the
answer is called product. Do you
understand class? - 12, ma’am!

● Application
- I will show you flash cards
containing subtraction sentences
for you to master answering the - Yes, ma’am.
subtraction basic concepts.
- First, The first one to answer what I
have shown in the flash card will
have candy as a reward.
- Are you ready?

- (Shows flash cards)

- Yes, we are!

- (Pupil’s answer)

IV. EVALUATION:
Answer the following subtraction sentence problems:
A. Number Problem
 1. 20 2. 16 3. 44
- 8 - 3 - 2

5. 55 6. 65
- 8 - 5

B. Word Problem
1. Captain Blue saw 5 whales. 2 of the whales swam away. How many
whales were left?
2. Rachael has 49 hens and she gives 12 hens to her sister. How many hens
does she have now?
3. 63 birds are sitting on a tree. 11 birds fly away. How many birds are on the
tree now?
4. Ron gets 88 marks in the test and his brother gets 76 marks. How many
marks does Ron get more than his brother?

V. ASSIGNMENT:
Answer the following:
1. 88 - 33 = ____
2. 98 - 45 = ____
3. 65 - 35 = ____
4. Kate bought 34 eggs and out of them 23 was rotten. How many eggs were
good?
5. A fruit seller had 98 apples. He sold 55 apples out of it. How many apples
were left?