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Step-by-step practice Maths textbook

Chapter 7: Taking away within 10

  • Strand Subtraction
  • Level Level 1
  • Practice 89 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 1). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Understand that - means take away and the answer is what is left, Take away from a set of up to 10 objects by crossing out or moving them, Count back from a number up to 10, Write the answer in a subtraction sum, Solve one-step stories about taking away.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Say what the minus sign means
  • Cross out or move objects to take away and count what is left
  • Count back on a number line from a number up to 10
  • Write the answer in a subtraction sum
  • Answer one-step take-away stories

You should already know

  • Adding within 10 (Chapter 6)
  • Counting back on a number line (Chapter 2)

Where this leads

  • Adding and taking away within 10 (Level 1, Chapter 8)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 7.1 Taking away
  2. 7.2 Counting back
  3. 7.3 Writing the answer in a subtraction sum
  4. 7.4 Take-away stories
  5. Summary and key words
  6. Check-up and practice test questions

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