Contributor: Danielle Childers. Lesson ID: 10077
Sometimes, when working subtraction problems, it's hard to picture the problem using just numbers. Why not picture the problem using pictures? Learn how here!
The cook made 10 hamburgers at a restaurant, and the Hulk came in and ate 8 of them!
Learn how to use pictures to solve subtraction problems!
The subtraction number sentence would be: 10 - 8 = 2.
If you showed that subtraction problem with pictures, it would look like this.
There were 10 hamburgers, and then you crossed out 8 because the Hulk ate them. Now you see there are only 2 left.
It is called the difference.
Continue to the Got It? section to switch from food to toys!