Subtraction
Subtraction is removing some objects from a group. The meaning of 5-3=2 is that three objects are taken away from a group of five objects and two objects remain.

The subtraction facts for 3 and 4 are:
THREE
 3-3=0  4-3=1  5-3=2  6-3=3  7-3=4  8-3=5  9-3=6  10-3=7  11-3=8  12-3=9
FOUR
 4-4=0  5-4=1  6-4=2  7-4=3  8-4=4  9-4=5  10-4=6  11-4=7  12-4=8  13-4=9
 
 
 
An example of subtraction.

8 - 5 = 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 1 2 3 4 5 = 1 2 3






What is the Difference between the two Numbers?

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