Exploring Subtraction Facts in Daily Life

This video tutorial covers the basics of subtraction, including key terms like minuend, subtrahend, and difference. It provides examples using objects and number lines, and demonstrates subtraction using fingers. The video also explains the inverse relationship between subtraction and addition, and discusses the role of zero in subtraction.

What is the symbol used to denote subtraction?

• +

• -

• *

• /

If you have 10 eggs and take away 5, how many are left?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 0

How many butterflies remain if 4 out of 8 flew away?

• 3

• 4

• 8

• 12

Using a number line, what is 9 minus 2?

• 5

• 7

• 2

• 11

What result do you get when subtracting 7 from 10 using a number line?

• 10

• 7

• 17

• 3

Using fingers, what is 5 minus 3?

• 3

• 8

• 2

• 5

What is the result of 7 minus 4 using fingers as counters?

• 11

• 4

• 3

• 7

What does subtraction undo in mathematical operations?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Division

• Multiplication

What is the result of any number minus zero?

• 0

• 10

• 1

• The number itself

What is the result when a number is subtracted from itself?

• 1

• 10

• 0

• The number itself