Subtraction
Subtraction is removing some objects from a group. The meaning of 5-3=2 is that three objects are taken away from a group of five objects and two objects remain.

The subtraction facts for 7 and 8 are:

SEVEN
 7-7=0  8-7=1  9-7=2  10-7=3  11-7=4  12-7=5  13-7=6  14-7=7  15-7=8  16-7=9
EIGHT
 8-8=0  9-8=1  10-8=2  11-8=3  12-8=4  13-8=5  14-8=6  15-8=7  16-8=8  17-8=9
 
 
 
An example of subtraction.

8 - 5 = 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 1 2 3 4 5 = 1 2 3






What is the Difference between the two Numbers?

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