Model Subtraction (up to 10)

Calculate basic subtraction up to 10 by counting to find the difference!

Kindergarten - Math - Understand the concept of subtraction

About This Skill

What happens when you take 2 away from 7? Kindergarteners practice subtraction by starting with a group of objects and removing a specific amount to find the difference. As questions adapt to their progress, children use concrete visual models to see how numbers get smaller. With voice-guided prompts and instant feedback, this interactive practice helps students master the minus sign and solve their first equations with confidence.

Skills & Topics

  • Number Sense and Operations
  • Subtraction
  • Whole Numbers
  • Equations
  • Subtract
  • Difference
  • Word Problems
  • Quantity

Curriculum Alignment

  • K.OA.A.1: Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
  • K.OA.A.2: Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
  • AC9MFN05: represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies
  • NY-K.OA.1
  • NY-K.OA.2a

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