EASY SUBTRACTION
Activity 1
1 Cross (x) the objects that you subtract. Write
the answer.
a 26 – 4 = b 34 – 3 =
c 48 – 5 = d 46 – 2 =
2 Calculate. b 28 – 3 =
a 19 – 7 = d 59 – 6 =
19
–7
c 36 – 2 =
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Activity 2 b 44 c
Subtract. –1 2 56
a 29 –4 1
–4
d 69 e 35 f 83 g 96
–22 –23 –52 –52
h 78
–25
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Activity 3
Subtract. Colour your answers on the tortoise.
a 50 b 68 c 70 d 85
40
– 30 – 50 – 30 –
e 89 f 98 g 80 h 96
– 50 – 70 – –
30 16
i j
– 50 – 10
10 77
18 20 28
30 39 45 40
38
50 60 78 80 87
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Activity 4
Calculate. Write the letter that is related to your answer.
Read the words.
3 12 21 30 31 41
K I AMDH
51 60 69 86 87
WR NOG
I 1 5 2 7 3 4 4 9 3 2
– 3 – 6 – 4 – 8 – 1 1
12
8 3 7 8 9 6 9 8 8 5
– 2 3 – 4 7 – 4 5 – 1 2 – 2 5
9 4 8 6
– –
– 3 4 – 5 3
91 74 35 34
I
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Activity 5
Help Adib to choose a birthday cake for his father. Subtract.
Circle the same answers.
25 54
– 10 – 41
Strawberry
cake
67 6 8 86 88
– 56 – 15 – 53 – 65
4 6 49 64
– 23 – 27 – 41
89 48 75
– 66 – 25 – 52
92 65 48 87
– 62 – 14 –11 – 60
Chocolate
cake
Adib chooses the cake.
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MORE SUBTRACTION
Activity 1
1 Solve these. b 32 minus 8.
a 20 minus 4.
tens ones tens ones
20
–4
c Minus 9 from 41. d Minus 7 from 52.
tens ones tens ones
2 Subtract. b 60 – 4 =
a 43 – 8 = d 82 – 9 =
43
–8
c 71 – 8 =
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Activity 2
Help the rabbit to get the carrot. Subtract. Draw the route
for the rabbit according to the answers of 8 , 18 , 28 ,
38 , 48 and 58 .
11 13
–3 –4
14 26 33
–7 –8 –5
46
–9
25 44
–8 –6
67
–9
36 55
–7 –7
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Activity 3 b c
Calculate. 7 1 6 4
– 4 3 – 3 9
a 3 15
4 5
– 1 8
2 7
d 5 0 e 9 2 f 8 3
– 5 4
– 2 1 – 1 7
g 4 2 h 3 1 i 6 8
– 1 – 1 – 4
15
2 4 1 9
j 5 k 7
– 3 4 – 3 6
1 7 3 6
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Activity 4 b 53 – 18 =
1 Find the balance. d 75 – 29 =
a 41 – 27 = 14
3 11
4 1
– 2 7
1 4
c 64 – 35 =
2 Solve these. b Minus 45 from 90.
a Minus 38 from 62. 90 – 45 =
62 – 38 =
+5 +5
+2 +2
–=
–=
d How much is 14 less
c Find the difference than 30?
between 28 and 81.
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Activity 5
Fill in the blanks.
51 – 36 =
–––
14 – =7
= ==
– 29 =
75 – 27 =
–––
– 18 = 19
== =
38 – =
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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION STORIES
Activity 1
Look at the picture. Complete the story.
a
There are black marbles
and white marbles. The total
number of marbles is .
b Yi Lin has flowers. Her sister
has flowers. There are
flowers altogether.
c There are tomatoes.
of the tomatoes are rotten.
There are good tomatoes.
d There are spring rolls.
spring rolls are given to the
neighbour. Now, there are
spring rolls left.
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Activity 2
Look at the number sentence. Complete the story.
a There are stamps.
55 + 6 = 61 Ani adds another stamps.
stamps
Now, there are
altogether.
b Sara buys buttons.
39 + 14 = 53
She buys another buttons.
The total of Sara’s buttons is .
c There are passengers in the
40 – 27 = 13
bus. passengers get down
from the bus. Now, there are
passengers left.
d
Sufi’s father has coconuts.
96 – 38 = 58 He sells of the coconuts.
There are coconuts left.
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Activity 3
Create a story from the picture given.
a 15 8 altogether nasi lemak
b tomatoes total
39 12
c cups broken left
d mangosteens eaten left
40 10
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Activity 4
Create a story from the number sentence.
a red yellow altogether
15 + 6 = 21 ribbons ribbons
b
37 + 19 = 56
c
12 – 8 = 4
d
48 – 34 = 14
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SOLVE THE PROBLEMS
Activity 1
1 Hamidi collects 23 Malaysia and 9 Singapore stamps.
How many stamps are there altogether?
Number sentence:
There are stamps altogether.
2 Amin has 9 postcards. Jasnor has 9 postcards too.
Find the total number of postcards.
Amin : postcards
Jasnor: postcards
Number sentence:
The total number of postcards is .
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3 Nisa reads 8 story cards. Her brother reads 10 story
cards. Calculate the difference in the number of story
cards.
Nisa: story cards Brother: story cards
Number sentence:
The difference in number of the story cards is .
4 There are 35 mangoes. 12 mangoes have ripened.
How many mangoes are not ripened?
Number of mangoes :
Number of ripe mangoes :
Number sentence:
There are mangoes that are not ripened.
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5 There are 14 potato curry puffs and 12 meat
curry puffs. Calculate the total number of curry puffs.
Number sentence:
The total number of curry puffs is .
6 The table shows the number of pupils in Class 1 Tekun.
Pupil Number
Boy 16
Girl 21
Calculate the total number of pupils.
Number sentence:
The total number of pupils is .
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7 Lee Ching has 46 picture cards. She gives 17 picture
cards to Jasni. How many picture cards are left?
Number sentence:
AAAAABABBCBCACC
There are picture cards left.
8 There are 75 paper clips. Dayang takes away 47
paper clips. How many paper clips are left?
Number sentence:
There are paper clips left.
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9 Mei Lin has 46 stickers. Nadia has 17 more than
Mei Lin. How many stickers does Nadia have?
Mei Lin : stickers
Nadia : stickers more than Mei Lin
Number sentence:
Nadia has stickers.
10 There are 94 storybooks. The number of magazines
is 38 less than the storybooks. Calculate the number
of magazines.
Number sentence:
There are magazines.
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11 Rani’s mother bakes 60 cheese cakes. She only has
53 boxes to put the cakes. How many more boxes
does she need?
Number sentence:
Rani’s mother needs more boxes.
12 There are 16 eggs. How many eggs need to be
added to make 30?
Number sentence:
eggs to be added.
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REPEATED ADDITION
Activity 1
Fill in the blanks.
a
There are 3 groups of twos.
Total 2 + 2 + 2 = 6
b
There are groups of .
Total +=
c
There are groups of .
Total ++
=
d
There are groups of .
=
Total + + +
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Activity 2
Draw the arrows. Fill in the blanks.
a
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There are 4 groups of twos.
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 =8
b
0 48 12
There are groups of .
++= .
c 40
0 5 10 15 20 .
There are groups of =
+++ 30
d 0 10 20 =
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+ ++
Activity 3 =6 b 4+4+ + 4 = 16
1 Fill in the blank.
a 2+2+
c + 5 + 5 = 15 d = 10 + 10 + 10 + 10
2 Solve these.
a
There are groups of fives.
++ +=
b I drink two glasses of milk every day.
John I drink two glasses
Alia of milk every day, too.
I drink the same amount as Alia.
Siva
++=
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REPEATED SUBTRACTION
Activity 1
Complete these.
ab
4–2–2= 0 10 – 5 – 5 =
c d
8– – = 20 – – =
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Activity 2 3 4 b0 5 10
1 Complete these. 8
10 – – =0
a0 1 2 d
10 20
–2 –2 0
4–2– 2 =0
c
04
– – =0 – – =0
2 Complete the number sentence.
a Ain has 8 packets of lychee drink. She gives 4 packets
to Chai. The balance of 4 packets are given to Raj.
8– – =0
b There are 15 cakes on a tray. 5 cakes are put on
a plate. 5 cakes are given to a neighbour and the
balance are put into a box.
15 – – – = 0
c There are 40 chairs. 10 chairs are sold on Monday. 10
chairs are sold on Tuesday. On Wednesday, 10 chairs
are sold. The balance are sold on Thursday.
– – – – =0
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Activity 3 6
Complete the number sentences. –2
a
–
The biscuits are grouped in twos. –
6– – – = 0
b 12
–
0 4 8 12
–
There are 12 buns. Separate them
in fours. –
12 – – – = 0
c There are 30 pieces of jackfruit.
Pack the jackfruit in tens.
–––=
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SELF-ASSESSMENT
Calculate. Colour the objects.
Red 18 Orange 70
Green 40 Yellow 20
12 10
+5 8 +3 0
9+9=
10 14 25 – 5 = 35
– 10 + 6 – 7
= 60 = 20 + 20
80 –
Difference
10 is of 50 and and 11 is
.
Total of 7
.
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MIND TEASER
Find the answers.
Aishah has 38 flowers.
Lili has flowers.
The difference
90 = between the
number of = 12
flowers
19 is + is 17. – Subtract 6 from
more than 17. 17 is 17.
– 32 = = 14 +
Sarah buys
20 eggs.
eggs are broken.
She has 17 eggs left.
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