Real-World Subtracting with Pictures Examples for Kids

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔢 Subtracting means taking away a number from another number. We use the minus sign ($-$) to show subtraction.
• 🖼️ We can use pictures to help us understand subtraction. Each picture represents a number, and crossing out pictures represents taking away.
• ➖ The subtraction equation looks like this: $Total - Removed = Remaining$
• 💡 When subtracting with pictures, always count how many you started with (the total), how many you took away (removed), and how many are left (remaining).
• ✏️ For example, if you have 5 apples and you eat 2, then $5 - 2 = 3$. You have 3 apples left.

Practice Quiz

1. What is the result when you subtract 2 balls from a group of 5 balls?
   1. 3 balls
   2. 7 balls
   3. 2 balls
   4. 5 balls
2. There are 4 flowers, and 1 is picked. How many flowers are left?
   1. 5 flowers
   2. 3 flowers
   3. 1 flower
   4. 4 flowers
3. If you have 6 cookies and eat 3, how many cookies do you have remaining?
   1. 9 cookies
   2. 2 cookies
   3. 3 cookies
   4. 6 cookies
4. Subtract 1 star from a group of 3 stars. What is the result?
   1. 4 stars
   2. 2 stars
   3. 1 star
   4. 3 stars
5. You have 7 candies and give away 4. How many candies do you have left?
   1. 11 candies
   2. 2 candies
   3. 3 candies
   4. 7 candies
6. What is 8 - 5 when using pictures of objects?
   1. 13
   2. 2
   3. 3
   4. 8
7. If there are 9 birds and 6 fly away, how many birds are left?
   1. 15 birds
   2. 2 birds
   3. 3 birds
   4. 9 birds