2. What is Subtraction? Subtraction is removing some objectsfrom a group. The meaning of5-2=3is “Two objects are taken away from a group of five objects and three objects remain".
3. Subtraction Equations Numbers or Objects Word Problems Word Problem: Mrs. Kay, teacher of grade 3 students has 84 gifts for her students. There are 67 students and each received one gift from the teacher. Find the number of gifts remaining with Mrs. Kay. Solution: Total number of gifts with Laura = 84 Number of gifts distributed to students= - 67 Number of gifts left with Laura = 14