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