Subtraction

1) What is Subtraction ?
Subtracting is the same as: take away, minus, find the difference, find the change, decrease, reduce, deduct.
The opposite (or inverse) of subtraction is addition.

2) What is six less than 30 ?
(30 - 6) = 24

3) Subtract 83 from 227 ?
(227 - 83) = 144

4) What must I take from 260 to leave 220 ?
(260 - 220) = 40

5) Subtract forty five from ninety six ?
(96 - 45) = 51

6) Subtract 5,135 from 8,400 ?

7) What is a Positive Number ?
A number that is greater than zero.

8) What is a Negative Number ?
A number that is less than zero.

9) Is Zero a positive or negative number ?
Zero is not positive or negative. It is a neutral number.

10) What is minus 2 add minus 2 ?
(-2) + (-2) = -4

11) What is minus 2 add 3 ?
(-2) + (3) = 1

12) What is minus 2 minus minus 3 ?
(-2) - (-3) = (-2) + (3) = 1

13) A number has 179 subtracted from it. The answer is 17. What was the first number ?
(179 + 17) = 196

Difference Between

Decomposition

Equal Addition