The document explains the concept of subtraction using a practical example involving flowers. It defines key terms such as minuend, subtrahend, and difference, and illustrates various subtraction sentences. The document emphasizes the process of taking away numbers from a whole to find the remaining quantity.

1. Subtraction

2. Subtraction from l0 or Less

3. Let Us Learn
Count all the flowers in the set. Then count
the flowers that were crossed out. How many
flowers are left in the set?

4. Taking away 3 flowers from the set of 8 is subtracting
them. Subtraction is taking away something from a whole or from
a set. The subtraction sentence for the set of flowers is:

5. The subtraction sentence is read as “eight minus three is equal to
five.”
The minuend is 8. It is the number from which a number is
subtracted.
The minus sign (−) is the symbol used in subtraction.
The subtrahend is 3. It is the number subtracted or taken away from
the minuend.
The equal sign (=) is used to show the answer.
The difference is the answer in subtraction.

6. 9-3=

7. 7-2=

8. 6-4=

9. 5-3=

10. 4-1=

11. 3-1=

12. 10-5=

13. 8-2=

14. 4-3=

15. 9-6=