Subtraction
Subtraction from 0 to 20
Practice vertical subtraction with minuends and subtrahends chosen from zero through twenty and answers kept non-negative.
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Single-digit subtraction
Build fluency with vertical subtraction facts using individually selected digit ranges and non-negative differences.
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Read each vertical fact from top to bottom. Take away the lower number and write the difference below the line.
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Subtract one single-digit number from another and record the difference in vertical form.
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What is 9 − 4?
5
Start at 9 and count back four steps: 8, 7, 6, 5.
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- Use counters for facts that are not yet known, then connect the action to the written layout.
- Mix subtracting zero and subtracting the whole amount to strengthen the meaning of both cases.
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