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Lesson Plan - Get It!

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It's time to practice subtracting numbers less than 20 by 6!

Pretend that you have 16 pieces of candy.

That's a lot!

You give 6 pieces of your candy to your friend.

• How many pieces of candy do you have left?

You can use subtraction to find out!

Take 6 away from 16.

16 - 6 = 10!

You had 16 pieces of candy.

You gave 6 pieces to your friend.

So, you have 10 pieces left!

Way to go!

Now, sing along with this fun subtraction song!

Wow!

Subtracting 6 is so much fun!

• Did you know you can use addition to help you solve a subtraction problem?

It's true!

Imagine you have 10 cupcakes.

You want to give 6 cupcakes to your friends.

• How many cupcakes do you have left after you give 6 to your friends?

10 - 6 = ?

Count up by 4 to find the answer!

Start with 6.

Then, add up until you get to 10.

You added up by 4!

6 + 4 = 10!

So, you have 4 cupcakes left!

Nice work!

Now, watch this video and see more addition in action!

Awesome work, math superstar!

You are on your way to solving all kinds of addition and subtraction problems.

Now, move to the Got It? section for more fun and practice!