LLHS K2 INTRODUCTION TO SUBTRACTION

 

Kindergarten 2 — Introduction to Subtraction

Guided Examples

1. 🍎🍎 − 🍎 = 1 apple

2. 🐦🐦🐦 − 🐦 = 2 birds

3. 🍬🍬 − 🍬 = 1 candy

4. ⚽⚽⚽⚽ − ⚽ = 3 balls

5. 🐠🐠🐠 − 🐠🐠 = 1 fish

6. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 − 🌟 = 3 stars

7. 🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗 − 🚗🚗 = 3 cars

8. 🐶🐶🐶🐶 − 🐶 = 3 puppies

9. 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 − 🍌🍌 = 3 bananas

10. 🧸🧸🧸 − 🧸 = 2 teddies

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Further Practice Exercises

Count and Subtract

11. 🍎🍎🍎 − 🍎 = ___

12. ⭐⭐⭐ − ⭐ = ___

13. 🚗🚗🚗🚗 − 🚗🚗 = ___

14. 🐠🐠🐠🐠 − 🐠 = ___

15. 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 − 🍌🍌 = ___

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Fill in the Missing Number

16. 2 − 1 = ___

17. 3 − 1 = ___

18. 4 − 1 = ___

19. 5 − 2 = ___

20. 4 − 2 = ___

21. 5 − 1 = ___

22. 3 − 2 = ___

23. 6 − 1 = ___

24. 5 − 3 = ___

25. 7 − 2 = ___

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Word Problems

26. Ada has 3 oranges. She eats 1 orange. How many oranges are left? ___

27. Tunde has 5 toy cars. He gives away 2 cars. How many toy cars are left? ___

28. There are 4 birds on a tree. 1 bird flies away. How many birds are left? ___

29. A basket has 6 mangoes. Mum takes 2 mangoes. How many mangoes remain? ___

30. Jane has 5 balloons. One balloon bursts. How many balloons are left? ___

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Challenge Exercises (For Fast Learners)

31. 6 − 2 = ___

32. 7 − 3 = ___

33. 8 − 4 = ___

34. 9 − 5 = ___

35. 10 − 2 = ___

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TEACHING GUIDE:

For Kindergarten 2 learners, subtraction is best introduced as:

• “taking away”
• “removing”
• “how many left?”

Using counters, fingers, toys, bottle tops, and drawings helps children understand subtraction concretely before moving to abstract numbers.