Subtraction Math Example 4

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Example 4

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There are 15 birds on a fence. 6 birds fly away. How many birds are still on the fence?

Solution

  1. 1
    Write: \(15 - 6 = ?\)
  2. 2
    Count back 6 from 15: 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9.
  3. 3
    \(15 - 6 = 9\).

Answer

9 birds
Subtracting means removing from the total. Removing 6 from 15 leaves 9.

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Finding the difference between two numbers by removing one quantity from another, or measuring the gap between them.

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More Subtraction Examples

Example 1 easy

There are 7 cookies on a plate. You eat 3 cookies. How many cookies are left? Use (a - b = c).

Example 2 medium

A jar has 12 marbles. A child takes out 5 marbles. How many marbles remain in the jar?

Example 3 easy

What is (9 - 4)?

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