SUBTRACTION

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Across
  1. 2. The number being removed.
  2. 4. numbers numbers that are easy to subtract mentally (like 50 − 20).
  3. 5. finding a close answer by rounding numbers before subtracting.
  4. 6. when the answer is less than zero (e.g., 3 − 5 = −2).
  5. 9. property of subtraction: any number minus 0 stays the same (7 − 0 = 7).
  6. 11. Finding the difference on a number line, such as
  7. 13. breaking numbers apart to make subtraction easier (like 14 − 6 → 14 − 4 − 2).
  8. 14. using subtraction to find how many are left, how much change, or how much difference.
  9. 15. The initial number (the total).
Down
  1. 1. Minuend - Subtrahend = Difference
  2. 3. The result of the calculation.
  3. 7. Removing a smaller amount from a larger set.
  4. 8. operation subtraction is the opposite of addition.
  5. 10. value the value of a digit based on its position (ones, tens, hundreds), important in subtraction.
  6. 12. an arithmetic operation that calculates the difference between two numbers