3. 01 There are 12 birds sitting on a fence. Then 5 fly away. How many are still
on the fence?
02 There are 12 trees in a forest and an elephant knocks over 3 of them. How
many trees are left standing?
03 I had 12 chocolates and ate 3 of them. How many are left for tomorrow?
5. ( Money, liquid, Mass, etc)
01 I had Rs. 12 and I spent Rs. 3. How many rupees are left with me?
02 There were 12 liters of milk in my jug. We drank 3 liters. How much milk is
left in my jug now?
03 We had 12 kg of compost, but we have used 3 kg How much compost do
we have left?
6. If my friend is 12 and his brother is 3
how older is he?
How will this be represented by using concrete experience?
7. How much older?
How much younger?
What is the difference in their ages?
2. Comparison
8. The language of Comparison
A > B is the equivalent to B<A
Twelve is nine more than three
Three is nine less than twelve
9. There were 12 soldiers 3 were ill.
How many were not ill?
How will this be represented by using concrete experience?
12. The price of chocolate is Rs. 12.
Shopkeeper gave Rs. 3 off. What is
the revised cost of the chocolate?
How will this be represented by using concrete
experience?
21. To sum up
Building network of connections between the symbols and various
structures - partitioning, comparison, complement of a set, counting
back/reducing, inverse of addition
use these with a range of concrete and real situations, such as sets of
objects, coins, prices, lengths, ages
experience various subtraction procedures using the picture of number in
the number line
then connect all this with the language of subtraction, both the formal word
'subtract and the range of language appropriate to the various actual
physical situations