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Step-by-step practice: Maths · Level 1Chapter 7 · Taking away within 10
Step-by-step Maths Level 1 · Taking away within 10 · Summary

Step-by-step Maths Level 1 Taking away within 10: summary and key words

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Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Take awayCross out the ones that go. Count what is left
Counting backStart at the number and move left, one jump at a time
Subtraction sumsStart at the first number, take away the second, write the answer
StoriesStart with how many there were, then take away the number that went

Can you…?

  • I know the minus sign means take away
  • I can cross out and count what is left
  • I can count back on a number line
  • I can write the answer in a subtraction sum
  • I can answer a take-away story

Key terms

take away
to remove some things and count what is left
minus sign
the sign − that means take away
count back
to go down one at a time
subtraction
taking one number away from another

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