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



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