Contributor: Elephango Editors. Lesson ID: 10039
Shiver me timbers, the subtraction pirate has come aboard our ship! Learn two different ways to subtract single digit numbers in order to find the missing items the pirate has taken!
Watch out for that pirate ship as you sing along with the video below!
A pirate has come aboard the ship! Down in the vessel, there are 5 treasure chests of gold. He has taken 2 of the chests.
Count it out to solve this problem.
So 5 take away 2 is equal to 3, or you can say 5 subtract 2 is equal to 3.
5 subtract 2 is equal to 3.
The math sentence looks like this.
Listen to another pirate song below.
I don’t think so, unless you want to walk the plank!
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