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Mrs. Colwells 1st grade Resource Math Class

What exactly is subtraction?

Subtraction means that we are going to be
taking away one number away from
another number.

Guess what?!
There are several different ways to subtract!
It is up to you to decide which method you
would like to use and figure out which works
best for you. Today, we are going to learn
about one of these methods that can be
used by you to subtract!

Ten Frames
When we were learning about addition, we
used ten frames to be able to add numbers
together.
We can use ten frames for subtraction too!

Lets try it out together!

Mrs. Colwell had 7 pieces of blue candy. She
decided that she wanted to share her candy
with her brother and gave him 3 pieces of
candy. How many pieces does she have
left??

Lets try it out together!

We can solve this problem using our ten
frame!

Now lets see how you do on

your own!
Try solving your practice problems using
your ten frames to see if this method works
for you!